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The eastern Swiss defeated Beatriz Haddad Maia 6: 2, 6: 3 and reached for the title in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
Belinda Bencic (WTA 9) continues to march in Abu Dhabi. The eastern Swiss also remained in the semifinals against Beatriz Haddad Maia (WTA 14) without losing a set and is in the final of the WTA 500 tournament thanks to a 6: 2, 6: 3 victory.
Bencic was literally brimming with enthusiasm and hardly made any mistakes, but he also benefited a little from her opponent’s tiredness. Haddad Maia had to go the full distance in the first 3 appearances in the desert metropolis; in the round of 16 she even stood on the court for 3:13 hours.
taken momentum
At the beginning of the game, the Brazilian was able to keep things even. Even more: With the score of 2: 1 from her point of view, she sniffed at a break. Bencic countered with 3 points in a row and in the following game he was able to force the service breakthrough to 3:2 himself. Haddad Maia defended himself as best he could, but had to concede the second break to Bencic after a 10-minute game that went 6 times over the debut.
After the first round, which Bencic won in 44 minutes, the world number 9 took the momentum with him. She got the break to make it 1-0 and served the 1:32-hour match home in a sovereign manner.
Another victory for the 2nd title of the year
On the way to her 8th individual title at the highest level (including the Olympic victory in Tokyo) and the 2nd at a young age, Bencic still has to eliminate an opponent: either the Chinese Qinwen Zheng (WTA 29) or the Russian Ludmilla Samsonowa ( WTA 19). You can follow the game live on SRF on Sunday.
Web-only live stream, srf.ch/sport, February 11, 2023, 3:00 p.m.; say
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