Switzerland's Belinda Bencic in action during her third-round match against Belgium's Elise Mertens at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Feb 13, 2021. ADELAIDE: Second seed Belinda Bencic battled for almost three hours before seeing off 16-year-old American Coco Gauff in three sets on Friday to reach the final of the Adelaide International.
Bencic went into the semi-final against Gauff as the favourite, but the young American has been in good form this week, winning through two rounds of qualifying just to make the main draw. But the former world number four began to find her range, and reeled the young American in, breaking back and getting the set back on terms.The opening set went to a tie-break, and Bencic had all the momentum, winning it comfortably and wrapping up the first set in 58 minutes.
But serving for the match at 5-3, Bencic stumbled and Gauff pounced, breaking back to get the set back on serve and taking it to a tie-break, holding on to level the match at one set apiece.
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