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- Belinda Bencic (WTA 12) is after 2:45 hours and a victory of 7: 6 (7: 2), 6: 7 (4: 7), 6: 2 over Cori Gauff (WTA 52) in the final of the WTA 500 Tournament in Adelaide.
- For Bencic, Saturday (starting at 8am, live on SRF) is the fifth title on the WTA tour, the first since Moscow 2019.
- The opponent in the final is Iga Swiatek (WTA 18). The Pole had previously beaten Jil Teichmann and prevented a historic first Swiss WTA final.
She would have preferred to avoid this detour: Belinda Bencic had largely dictated the rallies in the second set and won a match point when the score was 5: 3. However, she saw this rejected by the crush of Cori Gauff. And so it was again at the tie-break. Suddenly, the American was the most nervous player. Bencic had to visibly gnaw away on a controversial referee decision, which opened the door for Gauff to win the tiebreaker and thus paved the way for the set of decisions.
There Bencic started furiously, got 2 early breaks at 4: 1. She couldn’t be taken off this track. After 2:45 hours, he accomplished what would have been possible about an hour earlier: he used the second match point for the final score of 7: 6, 6: 7, 6: 2.
Legend:
Celebrate her fifth WTA title on Saturday
Belinda Bencic.
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An unnecessary detour from the start
Bencic won the first set with a 7-2 tie break. Even this detour would not have been necessary: from the middle of the opening set, the eastern Swiss was the dominant player, but could only use one of the 6 break opportunities. Because Gauff had made a breakthrough on serve in his only chance, Bencic was always running after a deficit before he could make it 4: 4. On the short decision, the 23-year-old played her class.
Swiatek avoids the Swiss final
In the Adelaide final, Bencic faces Iga Swiatek. In the other semi-finals, the Pole clearly prevailed 6: 3, 6: 2 against Jil Teichmann. The winner of the French Open prevented a historic Swiss final that had never been seen at the WTA level. Bencic, for his part, is fighting for the fifth WTA title, the first since Moscow 2019.
Swiatek, ranked number 18 in the ranking 43 places ahead of the Swiss, was enough to break through in the first set and win the set. On the second deal, Teichmann only kept pace briefly. The Polish won the last 5 games. Teichmann had last made it this far in a tournament last August. In Lexington, in the US state of Kentucky, he had reached the final.
In the opening duel with Swiatek, Bencic was able to “avenge” his compatriot Teichmann. After all, this was also successful against Gauff, whom Teichmann had last knocked out at the Australian Open …
