Belinda Bencic will re-enter the world’s prime 10 and subsequent week’s Australian Open with surging confidence after annihilating the higher-ranked Daria Kasatkina within the Adelaide International 2 closing.
The Swiss world No.13 took barely an hour to assert the honours on Saturday, cruising to a 6-0 6-2 win in opposition to the world No.8.
It was the seventh WTA title for the previous world No.4 and 2021 Adelaide finalist, who will certainly enter Melbourne Park among the many favourites given the assertion made at Memorial Drive this week.
Bencic transformed 5 of her seven break factors and received virtually double the quantity of factors than the Russian, who had been spectacular in reaching the semi-finals earlier than each ladies loved walkovers to progress to the decider.
Bencic is projected to return to No.10 in Monday’s up to date rankings, her first look within the prime 10 since September 2020.
It was the primary silverware for the reigning Olympic champion below new coach Dmitry Tursunov.
“It’s our first title together, sure it’s not the last one, I feel like we’re just starting so thanks a lot,” Bencic stated.
Kasatkina was upbeat regardless of the one-sided loss.
“Congratulations to Belinda. You’ve done great this week and wish you good luck (at the Australian Open),” she stated.
“It’s special to start playing against you in the juniors and continue in the finals; it’s a great story and I hope this is not our last final.”
