Relentless Bencic wins the title. HIGHLIGHTS – ABU DHABI RESULTS

Belinda Bencic bests Liudmila Samsonova 1-6 7-6(8) 6-4 in the final in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 48 minutes. She won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in her career.

Abu Dhabi

Bencic's Record

Highlights Belinda Bencic vs. Liudmila Samsonova Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open – Abu Dhabi

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Bencic

Samsonova

1-6 7-6⁸ 6-4
2h:48

91

91

Total points

97

97

40

40

Winners

35

35

44%

44%

Ratio Winners

36%

36%

-- Serve --

3

3

Aces

10

10

5

5

Double Faults

2

2

63%

63%

1st in

52%

52%

68%

68%

1st won

71%

71%

40/59

40/59

1st won

35/49

35/49

47%

47%

2nd won

54%

54%

16/34

16/34

2nd won

25/46

25/46

-- Break Points --

3/7

3/7

Total

4/9

4/9

43%

43%

Won

44%

44%

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The Swiss won this match even if she won less points than the Russian (91 vs. 97).

Bencic

Bencic won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points as she converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.

Samsonova

On the other side, Samsonova was battling in converting her break points (only 44% – 4/9). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Bencic and Samsonova is 1-3 for Ludmilla.

This was the 8^th career title for Bencic. (see list of titles and finals). Ludmilla remains with 4^th titles after she conquered the tournament in Berlin 2021, in Washington 2022, in Cleveland 2022 and in Tokyo 2022. (see list of titles and finals)

Live score progression and stats

Bencic was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Liudmila Samsonova in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Ludmilla managed to boost her lead after breaking Bencic in the 6^th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).

They contested 43 points. The Russian won 13 points more than Bencic (28-15). Samsonova conceded 7 points on serve (18-7). on the other side of the net, Bencic conceded 10 points on serve (8-10).

Belinda won the set after she broke Ludmilla in the 4^th (3-1) game. The Russian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9^th (5-4) game. Anyhow, the Swiss refused to give way to finally clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 8.

Tiebreak

Belinda won 5 minibreaks in the 2^nd (2-0), 7^th (4-3), 11^th (5-6), 17^th (9-8) and 18^th (10-8) point. On the other side, Ludmilla won 3 minibreaks in the 5^th (2-3), 8^th (4-4) and 9^th (5-4) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 7-8, 9-8, 10-8

They played 90 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Swiss won just 2 points more than Ludmilla (46-44). Bencic lost 15 points on serve (29-15). on the other side of the net, Samsonova conceded 17 points on serve (29-17).

Bencic won the set after she broke the Russian in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 5^th (3-2) game. Ludmilla tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4^th (2-2) game. Nevertheless, Bencic didn’t blink to conquer the set 6-4.

They contested 54 points. The Swiss conquered the set after winning 8 more points than the Russian (31-23). Bencic surrendered 11 points on serve (20-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Ludmilla conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).