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Top Viral Moments of '20: Bencic aces at-home tennis

ByCody Fitzpatrick

Published Dec 26, 2020

The 2020 season was not what anybody had anticipated, but players figured out how to have all kinds of fun nonetheless. Baseline is counting down the Top 10 viral moments of 2020.

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Any time Belinda Bencic takes the court, she means business. And when real-life tennis was shut down in April, her approach to the Madrid Open Virtual Pro PlayStation tournament was no different.

The four-time WTA-title winner walked up to her couch in full tennis gear—to stadium-style lights and music—and took a controller out of her tennis bag ahead of her opening match versus Carla Suarez Navarro, which she went on to win 3-1.

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In the remaining round-robin matches, Bencic beat Karolina Pliskova 4-3 and fell 3-4 to Fiona Ferro. She later suffered a 4-6 quarterfinal defeat to eventual champion Kiki Bertens.

Andy Murray won the men's side of the event, with a 7-6 final-round victory over David Goffin.