Roaring, great 2-0: 10th championship, nearly 1.2 million bonus, ranking from 421-11, happy like a child

On October 26, in the WTA500 Tokyo final, Bencic faced Noskova. In the end, Bencic defeated Noskova 2-0 in straight sets and won the 10th career championship! After this game, Bencic received 500 points and a bonus of 164,000 US dollars (nearly 1.2 million yuan). At the same time, this was Bencic's 8th WTA hard court championship and 7th 500 championship. This veteran has a second spring.

Tokyo Station is a 500-meter event. Zheng Qinwen won the championship here last year. However, she had no choice but to withdraw from the competition due to injuries this year. This also means that Zheng Qinwen will be deducted a lot of points in the rankings after this station, and her ranking will continue to decline. Bencic is an Olympic champion, currently ranked 13th in the world, and the No. 5 seed in the tournament. In the previous games, Bencic's performance was relatively stable: 2-0 victory over Gracheva, 2-1 victory over Grand Slam runner-up Mukhova, 2-1 elimination of former Australian Open champion Kenin, and a strong advancement to the final. From the perspective of the promotion path, the gold content is still relatively high. This veteran who has been upgraded to a mother is gradually recovering.

Noskova is also in good overall shape this year. She is currently ranked 17th in the world and is the No. 6 seed of the tournament. On the way to promotion, Noskova defeated Kessler 2-1, received Kalinskaya's retirement gift midway, and won Rybakina in the last game. (After defeating Mboko, Rybakina secured the last seat in the year-end finals, and then chose to withdraw from the Tokyo station. After all, she was really tired and needed a good rest. The year-end finals are coming soon. After weighing it, Rybakina’s withdrawal is completely understandable).

This is the first match between the two in their careers. Judging from the current status of both parties, they are still relatively close. Of course, Noskova has better physical reserves.

In the first set, Bencic went through a lot of tests and struggled to hold serve, while Noskova scored four straight points to tie the match at 1-1. Then both of them secured serve. After five games, Bencic started to lead 3-2. In the 6th game, Bencic worked hard and broke serve first, and then continued to hold serve to lead 5-2. In the 8th game, Noskova lost her serve again, and Bencic broke serve again. She easily won the first set 6-2, leading Bencic 1-0.

In the second set, both sides held serve in the first seven games. In the 6th game, Bencic saved the break point and then struggled to hold serve. In the 8th game, Bencic took the lead to break serve at 5-3, and then served to win the game. 6-3 made another victory, defeating Noskova 2-0, and successfully won the championship.

From the whole game, Bencic leads 6-4 with ACE balls. In terms of double faults, Noskova has 6 and Bencic has 0. In terms of winning points, Noskova leads 28-23. ; In terms of unforced errors, the gap between the two is relatively large. Noskova made 24 more 37-13... It can be seen that Noskova is still ahead of her opponents in some statistics, but she still has too many double faults and unforced errors.

After the game, Bencic threw away his racket in excitement, roared in celebration, and was as happy as a child. At the beginning of this season, Bencic's world ranking after returning from postpartum was only 421st, but after Tokyo Station, Bencic's ranking will reach 11th. The improvement is quite obvious, and she is gradually returning to her peak state.