https://www.scmp.com/rss/524180/feed The latest news and top stories on Belinda Bencic. She is a Swiss professional tennis player, Olympic singles gold medallist and doubles silver medallist at the Tokyo 2020 Games. She achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in February 2020, won nine WTA singles titles and reached the US Open semifinals in 2019. She also contributed to Switzerland's Fed Cup victory in 2022. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Maya Joint booked a Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open semi-final showdown with Cristina Bucsa after a mid-match “mental reset” helped her overcome surprise package Himeno Sakatsume in three sets on Friday. Victoria Mboko then joined her in the last four after her opponent, Anna Kalinskaya, withdrew because of illness when trailing 6-1, 3-1. She will play fellow Canadian Leylah Fernandez, who overcame Sorana Cirstea 6-4, 6-4 in the day’s final match. Russian Kalinskaya’s movement was inhibited... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/3331025/prudential-hong-kong-open-thigh-injury-forces-top-seed-bencic-pull-out-tournament?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/3331025/prudential-hong-kong-open-thigh-injury-forces-top-seed-bencic-pull-out-tournament?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 31 Oct 2025 05:44:57 +0000 Lars Hamer Lars Hamer Canada’s Victoria Mboko broke hundreds of Filipino fans’ hearts at the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open on Thursday, as she battled back from a set down to knock out Alexandra Eala and progress to the quarter-finals. The world No 21’s victory came despite most of the crowd inside Victoria Park Tennis Stadium roaring on the young Philippine player in an epic second-round match that lasted two hours and 27 minutes. The tie started at full throttle, with Eala winning three games in a row in the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3330906/hong-kong-tennis-open-last-chinese-players-shown-door-top-seed-bencic-progresses?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3330906/hong-kong-tennis-open-last-chinese-players-shown-door-top-seed-bencic-progresses?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 30 Oct 2025 09:29:44 +0000 Lars Hamer Lars Hamer The 2023 Prudential Hong Kong Open champion Leylah Fernandez got her tournament off to a winning start on Tuesday when she beat China’s Wang Xiyu in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4. Fernandez, ranked world No 22, dispatched Wang in one hour and 25 minutes on centre court at the Victoria Park Tennis Stadium and said the evening’s match was a lesson in staying focused. The 23-year-old Canadian was just one of a number of the tournament’s biggest names in action on Tuesday, with No 1 seed Belinda Bencic of... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3330668/hong-kong-open-staying-focused-key-holder-leylah-fernandez-she-beats-wang-xiyu?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3330668/hong-kong-open-staying-focused-key-holder-leylah-fernandez-she-beats-wang-xiyu?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Oct 2025 13:10:52 +0000 Lars Hamer Lars Hamer Hong Kong tennis player Maggie Ng Man-ying came close to pulling off a huge upset in the first qualifying round of the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open on Saturday, before bowing out 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 to Lu Jiajing, who is ranked more than 1,000 places above her. Wild card Ng was up 4-1 in the final set after securing an early break, but could only watch as Lu turned the tie on its head, winning the match on centre court at Victoria Park Tennis Stadium in two hours and one minute. Ng usually plays... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3330311/prudential-hong-kong-open-wild-card-ng-within-moments-shock-win-qualifiers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3330311/prudential-hong-kong-open-wild-card-ng-within-moments-shock-win-qualifiers?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Oct 2025 09:39:00 +0000