Belinda Bencic celebrates a memorable victory at the Abu Dhabi Open, winning her ninth WTA title and first as a mother. Bencic, cheered on by her husband and nine-month-old daughter Bella, overcame a tough first set to defeat Ashlyn Krueger in a thrilling match. This win makes her the first mother to win a WTA title since Elina Svitolina in May 2023.
Belinda Bencic claimed perhaps the most memorable victory of her tennis career on Saturday, unrelated to anything that happened on the court. Instead, it was the support from the stands that made her win at the Abu Dhabi Open so special to Bencic, cheered on by her husband and nine-month-old daughter Bella. “It meant the world to me,” Bencic told CNN Sport’s Patrick Snell. “I just worked really hard to be where I am and it’s a mini dream come true that she was able to be with me and to see this.
Clearly, it hasn’t taken her long to get back to where she left off, but she said it hasn’t been easy by any means. “When I had my first run after giving birth – that was, I think, maybe eight or 10 weeks – I couldn’t run, it was crazy,” says Bencic. “I was like, ‘Oh my god, this is gonna be tough. “But then slowly I started building up, and then suddenly the muscle memory kicked in and my body was like, ‘Okay, I know what we’re doing now.’ And from then on, it went a bit smoother.
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