Bencic and Jabeur in the final in Berlin

The 25-year-old Bencic defeated Maria Sakkari from Greece on Saturday in 3:07 hours 6:7 (6:8), 6:4, 6:4 and has the chance for her second WTA title of the year. In more than 30 degrees in the Steffi Graf Stadium, Jabeur, fourth in the world rankings, prevailed in the second semi-final with 7:6 (7:4), 6:2 against French Open finalist Coco Gauff from the USA.

Bencic had already reached the final of the event worth 709.000 euros last year, and in 2021 she lost to Ljudmila Samsonowa from Russia. Against Sakkari, Bencic unfortunately lost the first set due to a net roller, but fought back and won the at times high-class match against the second-seeded Greek. “Of course it was difficult, I played three sets four times, but I don’t do that specifically,” said Bencic and joked because of the heat: “Berlin always turns on the heating at the weekend. That was the case last year.”

Ons Jabeur from Tunisia is currently ranked No. 4 in the world. © APA/afp / TOBIAS SCHWARZ

Bencic had already prevailed against Jabeur in the final in Charleston - now the duel is being repeated. In the second semi-final in Berlin, Jabeur and Gauff initially fought a close duel. After winning the first set, the Tunisian quickly moved ahead 3-0 in the second round and converted her second match point after 1:17 hours. Andrea Petkovic was the last German participant to be eliminated in the round of XNUMX.

In doubles, former Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki missed out on a place in the final with her partner Bianca Andreescu from Canada. The tennis duo lost in the semi-finals on grass against the top seeds Storm Sanders from Australia and Katerina Siniakova from the Czech Republic 61:1, 6:3 in 6 minutes.

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Bencic and Jabeur in the final in Berlin

Olympic tennis champion Belinda Bencic from Switzerland and the top seeded Tunisian Ons Jabeur have reached the final of the lawn tournament in Berlin.

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