Abu Dhabi, Feb. 8 -- Belinda Bencic reached her first WTA Tour final since returning from maternity leave with a surprise victory over Elena Rybakina at the Abu Dhabi Open.
The Swiss former Olympic champion clinched a 3-6 6-3 6-4 triumph over world number five
Rybakina in two hours and six minutes, the BBC report said.
Bencic welcomed her daughter, Bella, in April 2024, and returned from a 13-month break from the tour six months later.
The 27-year-old's win over Kazakhstan's Rybakina was her first against a top-five opponent since
she became a mother, and she will face American Ashlyn Krueger in Sunday's final.
Bencic, who won the Abu Dhabi title in 2023, said reaching the final was reward for "working really hard to come back" after ...