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Olympic champion Belinda Bencic made a solid start to 2022 with a 6-3 6-2 victory over Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia to reach the second round of the Sydney Tennis Classic.

Belinda Bencic of Switzerland celebrates after winning her semifinal match against Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Women's Singles Semifinal, Tokyo, Japan, July 29, 2021.

Swiss Bencic, who heads to the January 17-30 Australian Open bidding to add a maiden Grand Slam singles title to her Tokyo Games gold, broke Haddad Maia three times in the contest on Ken Rosewall Arena. US Open champion Emma Raducanu steps up her preparation for the year’s first Grand Slam when she meets ninth seed Elena Rybakina, who finished runner-up to world number one Ash Barty in the Adelaide International.

 

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