Belinda Bencic routs Jani in straight sets at French Open

Belinda Bencic had her eyes set on dominance at the French Open

Belinda Bencic had a quick day on the court at the French Open Sunday. The 14^th seed dominated from start to finish against Reka Jani to win 6-1, 6-1 on Court 14 at Roland Garros. The Swiss star had a golden performance with 28 winners and a serve percentage of 76 percent that blasted the Hungarian veteran to pieces. 

The two met for the first time while marking the first appearance at the French Open for the 30-year-old Hungarian. Jani hasn’t been in the sport for many years but hasn’t made a significant push in her WTA career. Coming into the second slam of the year, Bencic gained a title in Charleston, setting herself up well to be at her best on the clay surface. Despite early exits at Madrid and Rome, the reigning Olympic gold medalist looked to make her sixth appearance a good one at Roland Garros. 

The 14^th seed started the match with a break to love of Jani before she suddenly found herself broken back. Bencic went on to secure the double break in the third and held to take a 3-1 lead. The Swiss star had her game in gear and dominated Jani’s service with non-returnable winners to quickly put the game to rest. 

She backed it up with another solid service to sit at 5-1 with her eyes on ending Jani in the set. Bencic took off with the momentum after a 15-all score and had two set points in place. Jani saved one, but the inevitable defeat arrived for the Hungarian in 27 minutes. Bencic had 10 winners and a six-point streak during the set where she was nearly in full control. 

In the second set, Bencic opened scoring and nearly allowed Jani a victory in the second game. Down 40-30, the 14^th seed rallied to force deuce and deny her any further chance at holding serve. Bencic backed up the break with a hold in the third and got into a similar battle in the fourth with Jani trying to get on the scoreboard. On the second break of deuce, the 25-year-old fired a sliced winner for the AD point to make it 4-0. 

With the double break in hand, Bencic quickly backed it up with a hold of serve for her tenth game in a row. In the sixth, the 30-year-old dug into her service and locked down a victory, and avoid the bagel. It didn’t take momentum away from Bencic, who served for the match, looking good until a double fault handed Jani a chance to break. Bencic saved it with a backhanded crosscourt winner to force deuce and on the second break, reach match point. On the second serve, Bencic handled the rally and watched as Jani returned into the net to end the match in 61 minutes.