The Swiss Belinda Bencic and Bianca Andreescu from Canada completed the semi-finals at the US Open. Bencic won in New York against the Croatian Donna Vekic 7: 6 (7: 5), 6: 3 and is thus for the first time ever at one of the four Grand Slam tournaments in the semi-final. There the 22-year-old meets Andreescu on Thursday in the second semi-final of the day, defeating Belgian Elise Mertens 3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3 and also reaching the semi-final for the first time at one of the four most important events ,
In the first semifinal, top favorite Serena Williams from the USA gets to do with Jelina Switolina from Ukraine. Williams had already won 6-1, 6-0 against Chinese Wang Qiang in just 44 minutes on Tuesday, celebrating their 100th win at the US Open. Switolina had defeated Briton Johanna Konta 6: 4, 6: 4.
Bencic took advantage of Vekic's third match ball in 1:41 hours. That she was repeatedly thrown back by injuries in the past helped her, she said. "You always take everything for granted, but that's not it, and when you're hurt, you realize how much you love tennis," said Bencic, who returns to the top ten after the semi-final round of the US Open becomes.
Andreescu also had injuries in her young career. Because of shoulder problems, she had to pause for a few weeks this year, missed including Wimbledon. But in time for the hard court season is the aspiring Canadian in top form. Although she missed the first set against Mertens, she prevailed with her powerful game.
"I can not believe I'm in the semifinals, I think I have to tweak somebody," said number 15 in the world, who had already won the dress rehearsal in Toronto before the US Open. At that time she profited in the final of the injury-related task of Serena Williams.