Having become the main favorite of the tournament after the elimination of Daria Kastkina, the Swiss Bencic managed to qualify for the finals of the “WTA 500” tournament, where she will meet with the number eight favorite Lyudmila Samsonova.
Bencic – Samsonova in the WTA Abu Dhabi final
In the semifinals of the competition, Belinda Bencic won in two sets 6-2, 6-3 against the Brazilian Beatrice Haddad Maia (14 WTA) after an hour and 33 minutes of play.
The eighth favorite of the tournament, Russian Lyudmila Samsonova (19 WTA), managed to make it to the final, winning 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 after two hours and 20 minutes in the semifinals. -final match with Qinwen Zheng (29 WTA).
The final of the tournament will be held in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
The Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open runs from February 6 to 12 on hard, is a WTA 500 event and has a total prize pool of $780,637.
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— wta (@WTA) February 11, 2023
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