Dominika Cibulkova advances into linz 2016

LINZ, Austria
Dominika Cibulkova  kept alive her hopes of reaching the bnp Paribas WTA finals  with a routine 6-1, 6-2 victory over Belinda Bencic  in the first round of the Generali ladies linz.

The No.2 seed skipped into a first-set lead, breaking the 19-year-old in her opening service game. She was pegged back immediately, but did not drop a game for the rest of the first set, which she claimed 6-1 at a canter.

Cibulkova did not waste any time in the second set, either. Breaking in the first game, she sped to a 2-0 lead before breaking again to go 4-1 ahead. Bencic enjoyed a brief comeback, halving the deficit to 4-2 but the 27-year-old immediately restored her cushion and claimed the second set 6-2.