Swiss Bencic teen topples sixth seed Kerber


  • Tennis
  • Saturday, 30 Aug 2014

Jul 28, 2014; Washington, DC, USA; Bernard Tomic hits a backhand against Alejandro Gonzalez (not pictured) on day one of the Citi Open tennis tournament at the Fitzgerald Tennis Center. Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Swiss teenager Belinda Bencic interrupted a procession of veterans advancing to the fourth round at the U.S. Open on Friday by toppling sixth-seed German Angelique Kerber and vowed not to be satisfied.

Bencic, last year's French Open and Wimbledon junior champion, went one round better than her third-round showing in this year's main draw at Wimbledon with a 6-1 7-5 win over 26-year-old Kerber, a 2011 U.S. Open semi-finalist.

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