WTA Abu Dhabi Day 5 stats and analysis of form this week: Bencic-Rogers

Stats and analysis of Bencic and Rogers this week in preparation for Abu Dhabi Day 5:

Belinda Bencic vs Shelby Rogers will be the quarter-final match first up on day 5. Both players will be coming in to win it all. However it’s the stats that are most telling this week in Abu Dhabi.  Shelby Rogers had to go through qualifying and has played 4 matches already in Abu Dhabi. Belinda Bencic, however, received a bye and didn’t have to play a round of 32 match. 4 matches for a player like Bencic is the equivalent of reaching the final. Fatigue will definitely be at play here, but Rogers can most certainly overcome all of that given she is on a big run this week. Shelby Rogers has spent almost 6 hours more on court this week than Bencic, totalling 7 hrs 16 minutes compared to Bencic’s 1 hr and 35 minutes. A clear difference between the two players is the second serve percentage. Bencic flew high in her last match at 84 percent, while Rogers has been hovering at 62 percent this week.

When it comes to their head-to-head record, Bencic and Rogers have faced each other five times in their careers, with Bencic holding a 4-1 advantage.  Both players have had success on the tour, with Bencic winning six WTA titles and reaching a career-high ranking of No. 7 in the world. Rogers, on the other hand, has won one WTA title and reached a career-high ranking of No. 35 in the world. Both players are looking to capitalise on this great opportunity to get back in the winners circles. Titles mean a good deal to players, and whoever wins this week at the Abu Dhabi WTA Women’s Tennis Open will have one more piece of silverware to take home this week. Given this is a 500 point event, the stakes are twice as high as what we saw last week at the Hua Hin Open. Thus far, the Abu Dhabi WTA Women’s Tennis Open has been the biggest tournament since the Australian Open.