Not Federer, not Wawrinka: Bencic gets gold for Switzerland
Belinda Bencic accomplished something Saturday that her better-known fellow Swiss players never managed
Belinda Bencic accomplished something Saturday that her better-known fellow Swiss players never managed
Bencic will also contest the women's doubles gold-medal match on Sunday
Andreescu will now take on No 8 seed and six-time US Open titlist Serena Williams in Saturday’s championship match.
Andreescu, 19, who clinched her second professional title at the Women's Tennis Association Premier 5 event in Toronto, needed just one hour and 55 minutes to reach her first Grand Slam quarterfinals.
Nadal will next face Argentine Diego Schwartzman, against whom he has won all seven of his FedEx ATP Head2Head meetings.
Gauff arguably faced her biggest challenge as she was up against the No 1 ranked tennis player Naomi Osaka in a third-round matchup at the US Open stage.
Bencic, who made her WTA Tour debut as a 14-year-old, has often been touted as a future potential champion, but she again failed to live up to the hype.
Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic upset fifth seed Venus Williams in the first round of the women’s singles competition in the Australian…
Williams, who is chasing a record 23rd singles Grand Slam title, said she "has nothing to lose".
