Bencic Overcomes Emotion To Beat Misaki Doi In Three Sets
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Belinda Bencic explained it simply.
``I'm 18,'' she said. ``My moods are like---'' and she made an up-and-down motion.
Bencic was so down in Wednesday's second-round U.S. Open match that she cried on court. She got all the way back up to save triple match point and go on to win in three sets.
The 12th-seeded Swiss teen lost the first set to 88th-ranked Misaki Doi then nearly fell apart in the second after taking a big lead. She twice failed to serve out the set and wasted six set points in another game.
Upset about several line calls, she repeatedly argued with the chair umpire and threw her racket.
``I know I shouldn't have behaved like that,'' she said. ``For sure I know that. But sometimes I just can't control myself right now. I have to be working on that, but I think I'm not the only one who would freak out like this.''
Bencic predicted that if she watched video of the match in a few months, her reaction would be: ``What was she doing or thinking?''
``I for sure will watch it and I try to calm down a little bit in the next matches,'' she said. ``It's my personality on the court. I am not the player who is the calmest. I'm very emotional. That's just how I am.''
Then she added: ``I think it can also be interesting, though.''
The Bryan brothers will go a year without winning a Grand Slam title for the first time in more than a decade.
The top-seeded twins were upset by fellow Americans Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-3 in the first round of men's doubles at the U.S. Open on Wednesday night. They had won at least one major title in each of the previous 10 years.
The defending champs saved four match points at 4-5 in the second set, but Johnson and Querrey quickly went up a break in the third and held on from there.
The 37-year-old Bryans last lost in the U.S. Open first round in 2011. They have won five titles at Flushing Meadows and 16 Grand Slam championships overall.
Second-seeded Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo also lost in the first round Wednesday.
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