Belinda Bencic

The 23-time Grand Slam champion recently announced she will retire soon, although she didn't specify when her last tournament will be.

Delivered another later in that opening game, too, showing off the superb serve that helped her to so many victories. But because of a leg injury that sidelined her for the last half of 2021 and first half of 2022, she was playing for only the third time in the past 12 months, and it showed. “Belinda played so well today.”

Bencic is a former 2015 Champion in Canada and 2021 Tokyo Olympic gold medalist in singles. In Toronto, the Swiss will move to the second round to face icon, ...

Belinda Bencic advanced to the Round of 16 at the National Bank Open with a straight-sets win against Serena Williams.

It's difficult to kind of put that aside and just like focus on the match. "It was a lot of emotions obviously," Williams told the crowd. Bencic on the win: "Of course it's super nice, but today it's a little bit more sad in a way. The Swiss won the toss, elected to receive and proceeded to earn two break points in the opening game. The 25-year-old from Switzerland faced just one break point in the match, which she saved. Williams was bidding to win her first back-to-back singles matches since 2021 Roland Garros. On Monday, she defeated Nuria Parrizas Diaz in straight sets.

Bencic scored a career-defining win over the American en route to her first big title at the National Bank Open, but faced far fewer problems against the ...

The understandably pro-Williams crowd attempted to lift their three-time champion early in the second set as she put together a trio of strong service holds, but Bencic responded each time and was first to break point with a strong forehand into the open court. "It's been an interesting 24 hours, that's for sure." Tennis Honors: Serena Williams