[S.T.A.R.]

She was in Czech Republic anyway so why not play it
Match practise isnt a bad thing.

[S.T.A.R.]

She also plays doubles with Komardina as top seeds. She could use some doubles points for her combined ranking!

[LefandePatty]

Well, Bel would win 20 points for the singles title and 10 points for the doubles title. Not much, but let's hope she wins both!

[LefandePatty]

Safina Cup, G4, Prague, Czech Republic

1R: (3)Belinda Bencic (SUI) def. (LL)Marta Kowalska (POL) 6-1 6-0
2R: (3)Belinda Bencic (SUI) def. (WC)Petra Melounova(CZE) 6-2 6-2
QF: (3)Belinda Bencic (SUI) def. (LL)Nikola Schweinerova (CZE) 6-0 6-0

Bel

SF against (1) Komardina (RUS)
Actually Komardina is seeded (1) but ranked #158 and Belinda is now in the top 100 so it should be ok
Good luck Bel

[chingching]

Originally Posted by LefandePatty

Safina Cup, G4, Prague, Czech Republic

1R: (3)Belinda Bencic (SUI) def. (LL)Marta Kowalska (POL) 6-1 6-0
2R: (3)Belinda Bencic (SUI) def. (WC)Petra Melounova(CZE) 6-2 6-2
QF: (3)Belinda Bencic (SUI) def. (LL)Nikola Sschweinerova (CZE) 6-0 6-0

Bel

SF should be against (1) Komardina (RUS) but the latter is actually struggling against Schmiedlova (SVK) (4-6 6-4 4-3)

Kristina Schmiedlova is a actually a really good player. She was seeded at the nike junior tour and did very well. By the way, how do you know the livescores?

[LefandePatty]

Originally Posted by chingching

Kristina Schmiedlova is a actually a really good player. She was seeded at the nike junior tour and did very well. By the way, how do you know the livescores?

http://www.protenis.cz/ls/scoreboard.php?t=12075

[BlueTrees]

Komardina beat K.Schmiedlova 4-6 6-3 6-3.

chingching, the G1 Belinda won in Prerov last week (Czech International Indoor Junior Championships) was a bit weak as all the top junior players are playing the Australian Open. Anyway, this will definitely help Belinda get into some bigger GA and G1 events, and she will probably make the Roland Garros maindraw list, if she keeps playing well. I forgot to mention that Belinda is now the highest ranked Swiss player on the ITF junior rankings. She's the fourth highest 1997 girl after Abanda, Kudermetova and Ostapenko.

I agree this is good match practice against players she really should be beating, and so far she is. That being said, Komardina in the next round will be a real test. As LefandePatty said, Belinda's actually ranked higher than her, because the seeding was done based on last week's rankings before Belinda's Prerov points were added.

[LefandePatty]

Safina Cup, G4, Prague, Czech Republic

Doubles with Anastasiya Komardina

1R: Bencic/Komardina (1) def. Brozova/Matekova 6-1 6-1
QF: Bencic/Komardina (1) def. Kowalska/Stanisz 6-2 6-1

SF against Kulhankova/Slavickova (4)

[S.T.A.R.]

Last year at the European Junior Masters, Bencic defeated Komardina in the semi-finals by 7-6(6) and 7-6(5)

[LefandePatty]

Safina Cup, G4, Prague, Czech Republic

1R: (3)Belinda Bencic (SUI) def. (LL)Marta Kowalska (POL) 6-1 6-0
2R: (3)Belinda Bencic (SUI) def. (WC)Petra Melounova(CZE) 6-2 6-2
QF: (3)Belinda Bencic (SUI) def. (LL)Nikola Schweinerova (CZE) 6-0 6-0
SF: (3)Belinda Bencic (SUI) def. (1)Anastasiya Komardina (RUS) 4-6 6-2 6-2

Well done Bel! It was a tough match (2h24), so it was a real test for Bel, good for her she won this one!

Final against Viktoriya Lavrentyeva (RUS) [6]

[BlueTrees]

Great win! I knew it would be tough, but at least the last two sets were easy. I don't know much about Lavrentyeva but Belidna should definitely get through that one.

[LefandePatty]

Safina Cup, G4, Prague, Czech Republic

Doubles with Anastasiya Komardina

1R: Bencic/Komardina (1) def. Brozova/Matekova 6-1 6-1
QF: Bencic/Komardina (1) def. Kowalska/Stanisz 6-2 6-1
SF: Bencic/Komardina (1) def. Kulhankova/Slavickova (4) 6-2 6-3

Good job girls
Final against BARZO (HUN) / SZLAVIKOVICS (HUN) 2

[BlueTrees]

F: (3)Belinda Bencic (SUI) df. (6)Viktoriya Lavrentyeva (RUS) 6-2 6-0

Great start to 2012 for Belinda!

[LefandePatty]

She also took the doubles title 7-5 6-3, congratulations Bel!

[BlueTrees]

Belinda has risen to #72 on the ITF junior rankings. She's now the second highest ranked 1997 girl after Francoise Abanda.