Bencic missed his title defense in Charleston

Defender hero Belinda Bencic loses WTA 500 Championships in Charleston, South Carolinawho preferred the final re-release Anas Jabir 6: 7 (6: 8), 4: 6.


Bencic got off to an excellent start just three quarters of an hour into her semi-final victory over top seed Jessica Pegula, but was unable to maintain her high form. A preliminary decision was made at the end of the first set, which went to the Tunisian after a lot of ups and downs and more than an hour of play.

Bencic led 5: 3 on the green clay court, but then had to save five set pieces at 5: 6 before she had two chances to lead the set herself in the tie-break at 6: 4. Luck with a whole series of line balls at important points changed back and forth at this point.

As a result, the weather got better and better, but not a match for Bencic. And soon, Jaber, ranked 5 in the world and the first Arab player to reach the finals of Wimbledon and the US Open last year, withdrew 4-1. The 26-year-old dropped back from eastern Switzerland, but only managed to catch one of the breaks. After 2:01, Jaber used her second match point for revenge.

A short distance away, Bencic will look back with relief on another good week down the east coast south of the US, despite the defeat in the final, which isn’t mandatory. In the semi-final, which was postponed to Sunday in a second set tiebreak, she showed a masterpiece of mentality and won five of the six remaining points in less than four minutes in a drizzle to win 7-5, 7-6 against the world No. 3.

Bencic found the short detention period in the on-site interview to be “odd”. She will get over the fact that it wasn’t enough for a ninth title in her 18th WTA Final. She found her way to success after several poor tournaments in one of her favorite tournaments – sans coach Dmitry Turzunov, whom she parted ways with last week after only five months and a good start. (con/sda)