Belinda Bencic reached her first WTA Excursion ultimate since getting back from maternity go away with a wonder victory over Elena Rybakina on the Abu Dhabi Open.
The Swiss former Olympic champion clinched a 3-6 6-3 6-4 conquer international quantity 5 Rybakina in two hours and 6 mins.
Bencic welcomed her daughter, Bella, in April 2024, and returned from a 13-month destroy from the excursion six months later.
The 27-year-old’s win over Kazakhstan’s Rybakina was once her first towards a top-five opponent since she changed into a mom, and she is going to face American Ashlyn Krueger in Sunday’s ultimate.
Bencic, who received the Abu Dhabi identify in 2023, mentioned achieving the overall was once praise for “operating truly arduous to come back again” after the start of her first kid.
“It was once indisputably now not a very simple highway, and I am so excited that the effects are coming so rapid,” Bencic mentioned.
“It nonetheless doesn’t suggest that the paintings is over, so I’ve an extended approach to move, however I am truly glad how it is operating at the court docket. I am truly playing myself at the court docket.”
Ranked 1,213 on the earth 4 months in the past, Bencic is now assured a go back to the highest 100 following the realization of the match.
Global quantity 51 Krueger, who has one WTA singles identify to her title, reached the overall with a directly units victory over Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic.
The 20-year-old beat the arena quantity 39 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 on the Zayed Sports activities Town Global Tennis Centre.
