Ons Jabeur beat Belinda Bencic to win the Charleston Open on Sunday. This is the maiden title for the 2023 season for the Tunisian. Jabeur wrapped up a 7-6(6), 6-4 win after an hour and 59 minutes of play. Earlier, Bencic had to pull double duty on Sunday after having to complete her postponed semi-final against Jessica Pegula.
The Swiss who won the title in the WTA 500 event in 2022 led Pegula by a set but was trailing the American 2-4 in the second set tie-break. When play resumed on Sunday, Bencic came back into the match to finish a 7-5, 7-6(5) win for herself.
Charleston Open: How did Ons Jabeur do?
In the final that began barely minutes after the outcome of the second semi-final was decided, Bencic showed no signs of tiredness as she raced ahead with a break in the first set.
For Jabeur, it seemed like déjà vu as she found herself in a similar situation to her semi-final against Daria Kasatkina on Saturday. And as against Kasatkina, Jabeur fought back from down a break successfully.
Bencic was unable to serve out the set in the 10th game and even had a handful of set points for herself on the Swiss’ service game in the 12th game of the set. However, she wasn’t able to make good of any. In the tie-break, Bencic had a couple of set points but Jabeur staved them both…
