The main favorite after the elimination of Daria Kasatkina Belinda Bencic won the final of the tennis tournament “WTA 500” in Abu Dhabi, defeating the eighth favorite Lyudmila Samsonova.

Belinda Bencic and tears of joyPhoto: Tiziana FABI / AFP / Profimedia

Belinda Bencic won the WTA tournament in Abu Dhabi

The match lasted two hours and 48 minutes, and Bencic won after 1-6, 7-6, 6-4.

In the second set, which went to a tiebreak, the former Olympic champion saved three match points from the Russian Samsonova and won 10-8, taking advantage of four lost serves.

The Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open was held from February 6 to 12 on hard in the WTA 500 category with a total prize pool of $780,637.