"I'd play on the moon" says Belinda Bencic about WTA Finals

Belinda Bencic has had an up and down season but scored the highlight of her career with the Olympic gold medal in Tokyo. The Swiss player struggled with inconsistencies throughout the year but flashed her tremendous potential a few times. She was forced to retire from the Indian Wells event due to a knee injury she suffered earlier in the month.

The injury looked gruesome but turned out it's not so bad and she will return to the courts very soon. She needs to if she wants to secure a place in Guadalajara and the WTA Finals. Bencic is currently on the outside looking in but she still has a chance considering the possibility that some players might skip it. Chief among them Ashleigh Barty who did not confirm it but her coach openly stated that Guadalajara as a host city was ridiculous.

Bencic does not mind it saying:

“I would be very happy to make it to the top eight in the Race. I wouldn’t mind if we played on the Moon! It might be a little bit different to usual [in Guadalajara], but when I played in the last WTA Finals in Shenzhen I found the conditions were very special. It was the slowest court I’ve ever played on.”

Bencic expained her excitement with the fact that as tennis players their job is to adapt:

“If I get to Guadalajara it will probably be the highest altitude I’ve ever played at, so it will just be different. We’re tennis players. We always have to adapt to different conditions. Every week it might look very similar on TV, but it’s not. We’re used to always having to adapt.”