Belinda Bencic could not stop laughing, her father Ivan Bencic and her friend and fitness trainer Martin Hromkovic cheered on the sidelines with a height of outstretched arms. With the 4:6, 6:4, 6:2 against French Open champion Simona Halep, the St. Galleries was a success in Dubai just their greatest victory since they had beaten in 2015 in Toronto on the way to the tournament victory, along with three other Top-10 players Serena Williams, the number 1. The unseeded 21-Year-old is in the semi-final, where she meets later Friday to the next top player, the Ukrainian Elina Switolina (WTA 7).

“I was just never, fought, and tried to make her gifts. And at some point you had something,” said Bencic to win over Halep, the first at the Australian Open of Naomi Osaka from 1. on the 2. Rank displaced. Their victory, for they had to fight 2:17 hours was even more amazing than she was already stood the day before, against the white Russian Aryna Sabalenka (WTA 9) two and a half hours in use and when 6:4, 2:6, 7:6 (9:7) six match balls could fend off.

A dozen opponents obsolete

A share of the Coup, her father, Ivan, who last autumn wore against Halep. “He came on the court today, and told me something Good,” said Bencic, “Namely: Are you aware of who you’re playing today, and where are you playing? Be a little grateful!” These words had done her good. You have, after the victory over Sabalenka not sleep well, but still felt good. “This win gave me a lot of confidence.”

Bencic (WTA 45) has become obsolete, thanks to its largest semi-final since Toronto 2015 is already a dozen of opponents and rank 33 is improved. You should beat Svitolina, against the so far the only match won five years ago, she would be again among the Top 30, and would meet in the Final to Petra Kvitova or unseeded Hsieh Su-Wei.

“I never went away”

told reporters wanted to in March, 22-year-old won’t talk to end Bencic of a return. “I call it not as a Comeback, because I was never away. I simply played worse,” she said. A few months after she was poking 2015 up to rank 7, slipped Bencic in a Deep. Injuries to the back, at the wrist and at the foot they were up in November 2017 up to rank 318 slipping.

you can now play again on such a level, that’s great, said the significantly more athletic and easier to become Ostschweizerin. “I’m happy. Had I known that it was still in me, even after the injury. But you can’t just come back,” she said, while snapping his fingers. “The power density is much too high.” You have to work your way back up slowly to fight, step by step, first in very small tournaments. “But that didn’t bother me. I had no Problem to stand in the shadow. It felt good, tournaments with 25’000 dollars in prize money and to play without spectators. You can play free, there are no expectations, no attention.”

This is the end of definitely. (Tages-Anzeiger.ch/Newsnet)

Created: 22.02.2019, 14:46 PM

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