WATCH: Bencic blasts her way into New Haven quarters

NEW HAVEN —In the most power-packed match of the Connecticut Open so far, lucky loser Belinda Bencic withstood the relentless fire of qualifier Camila Giorgi to advance to the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-4 win.

Bencic initially fell in the final round of qualifying, but she took to No. 1 spot—and the bye that comes with it—after the withdrawal of Simona Halep.

"It's obviously very good that I got to be in the second round, but, if I don't win, it doesn't make a difference," Bencic said of the free bye.

And it seemed early on that she might not take advantage; the Swiss lost her first service game at love when Giorgi popped this deadly reverse forehand down the line:

"She's a player that you don't really have a tactic against her because she just, you know, hits a winner and then makes a mistake and then hits a winner, so you don't get a lot of rhythm," Bencic said. "It's very difficult mentally against her because you have to be very patient and not get frustrated."

Giorgi littered the stat sheet with 28 winners and 37 unforced errors, in just a two-set match. Bencic, slightly safer and more patient, had 30 unforced errors and 21 winners—including this backhand for the first set:

More backhand magic came for Bencic early in the second set, where she started to shut the door on the match:

Giorgi put up a fight, most notably with this 115-mph serve followed by a crushed crosscourt forehand ...

But all Bencic had to do was not get broken.

Bencic, currently ranked No. 43, is trying to get back into the Top 10 after a wrist surgery in 2017.