Bencic hilariously mistaken by WTA as Haddad Maia with pictures sent to her email: "When even WTA confuses us"
WTASunday, 17 September 2023 at 08:30
WTA sent Switzerland’s tennis star Belinda Bencic pictures
of Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia.
The 26-year-old shared the hilarious development on the
social media platform Instagram with a caption: “When even WTA confuses us and
send me your pictures @biahaddadmaia”.
Bencic has been going through a difficult patch in the
recent past where not much has gone her way.
In the US Open 2023, the Flawil-born lost to Romania’s Sorana
Cirstea in the round of 16 in straight sets with a score of 6-3, 6-3.
After that, she was knocked out from the San Diego Open in
the first round after losing to Belarus’ Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the first
round with a score of 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.
On the other hand, Haddad Maia has also been going through a
rough patch of form. In the fourth and final Grand Slam of the year, she was knocked
out after suffering a defeat in the second round to America’s Taylor Townsend
with a score of 7-6, 7-5.
In the San Diego
Open, the 27-year-old came second best in the quarterfinal against Czech Republic’s
Barbora Krejcikova who secured a win in straight sets with a score of 6-4, 6-3.
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