Belinda Bencic (WTA 9) had a victorious start to the WTA 500 tournament in Abu Dhabi. The Olympic champion won 6-4 6-5 ahead of Marta Kostyuk (WTA 57).
Exempted from the 1st round as seeded No. 2, Belinda Bencic delivered a remarkable 1st set with only 4 misplaced points on her engagement once morest the Ukrainian. In the second, she had, on the other hand, to whip hard. Led 5-3, they were able to find the right rhythm once more to win the last 4 games of the match.
Sixteen days following her defeat in the round of 16 of the Australian Open to Aryna Sabalenka, Belinda Bencic has evolved in a register that should allow her to look far enough in this tournament. Much further in any case than the quarter-final which must oppose Friday to the winner of the meeting between the Estonian Anett Kontaveit (WTA 18) and the American Shelby Rogers (WTA 46)
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