Belinda Bencic reveals she feared that she might have a tough time adjusting to the present tempo of tennis however these considerations are already a factor of the previous.
When the 27-year-old kicked off her post-pregnancy comeback in late October, she was enjoying her first match since 2023 September.
Whereas the nine-time WTA champion was sidelined, she was watching tennis on TV and seeing the sport grew to become even sooner.
However it wasn’t something that Bencic did not handle to shortly determine.
After ending as runner-up on the WTA 125 match in Angers in December, the previous world No. 4 is 10-3 to begin 2025 and has made her first WTA semifinal as a mom after beating 2023 Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova 7-5 6-3 in Abu Dhabi.
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Bencic: I used to be actually apprehensive that the pace can be an excessive amount of for me early
“I was really worried that the speed of the ball and the speed of how the girls are serving now, and returning and everything, would be maybe a bit too much, or a little bit too early for me,” the present world No. 157 stated in her on-court interview.
“But I’m also someone that plays fast, and I’m happy to see it’s not such a big difference. The most I saw is that I have to work physically very hard.”
In January, Bencic reached the Adelaide Worldwide round-of-16 as a qualifier and she or he additionally made the second week on the Australian Open earlier than shedding to Coco Gauff in a decent three-set round-of-16 battle.
Now, she is within the midst of an excellent Abu Dhabi run and two wins away from touchdown her first title as a mom.
For a spot within the Abu Dhabi ultimate, the Swiss will play in opposition to both Elena Rybakina or Ons Jabeur.
Earlier than her being pregnant, Bencic gained Abu Dhabi in her debut in 2023.
With the best way she has been enjoying this week, making all of it the best way within the United Arab Emirates once more is certainly an choice.
