Top girls’s seed Iga Swiatek faces Belinda Bencic within the fourth spherical of The Championships Wimbledon 2023 on the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) in London on Sunday.
The conflict is scheduled to be the second match on the Centre Court on the seventh day of this yr’s version.
When and the place to observe?
The fourth-round conflict between Iga Swiatek and Belinda Bencic can be telecast reside on Star Sports 2 and Star Sports Select and reside streaming can be out there on Disney+Hotstar. The match may probably begin at 8:30PM IST.
Four-time Major winner Swiatek comes into the spherical of 16 after three straight-sets victories. While her first two victories – 6-1, 6-3 in opposition to Zhu Lin of China and 6-2, 6-0 in opposition to Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo – had been pretty straightforward, she did face some robust competitors from Croatia’s Petra Martic of their third-round conflict which the 22-year-old Pole ultimately received 6-2, 7-5.
Olympic gold medallist Bencic started her marketing campaign with a 7-5, 6-2 victory over native wildcard Katie Swan. She was pushed to a third-set tiebreak by 2022 Australian Open runner-up Danielle Collins within the second spherical however the 14th-seed Swiss prevailed 3-6, 6-4l, 7-6(2). Bencic cruised by her third-round match in opposition to Swiatek’s compatriot Magda Linette, successful 6-3, 6-1.
The winner of the match between Swiatek and Bencic will attain their first-ever quarterfinal at Wimbledon.
Head-to-head report
Played: 3 | Swiatek: 2 | Bencic: 1
Swiatek leads the head-to-head report 2-1. However, Bencic received the one Grand Slam assembly between the 2 – a spherical of 16 conflict on the 2021 US Open the place Bencic received in straight units.
| YEAR | TOURNAMENT | ROUND | WINNER | SCORE |
| 2023 | UNITED CUP | GROUP STAGE | SWIATEK | 6-3, 7-6(3) |
| 2021 | US OPEN | ROUND OF 16 | BENCIC | 7-6(12), 6-3 |
| 2021 | WTA500 ADELAIDE | FINAL | SWIATEK | 6-2, 6-2 |
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com