Portugal Colonial - Bencic saves three match points to clinch Abu Dhabi title

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Bencic saves three match points to clinch Abu Dhabi title / Photo: Ryan LIM - AFP

Bencic saves three match points to clinch Abu Dhabi title

SPORTS 12.02.2023

Olympic champion Belinda Bencic saved three match points to defeat Liudmila Samsonova in the Abu Dhabi final on Sunday for the eighth title of her career.

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The 25-year-old world number nine came through 1-6, 7-6 (10/8), 6-4, saving the three championship points in a marathon second-set tiebreak.

It was Bencic's second title of 2023 after her win in Adelaide while she also became the tour leader in match-wins this season, with her 12 passing Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka.

Bencic defeated 19th-ranked Russian player Samsonova for the first time in four meetings having lost in the 2021 Berlin final, Luxembourg and the Billie Jean King Cup Finals.

Before Sunday, Samsonova was a perfect 4-0 in championship matches.

P.Serra--PC

Portugal Colonial - Bencic saves three match points to clinch Abu Dhabi title

Bencic saves three match points to clinch Abu Dhabi title

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