By winning the WTA tournament in Tokyo in Japan this Sunday, Swiss Belinda Bencic added a tenth title to her list of achievements.
Belinda Bencic enforced the hierarchy. This Sunday, the Swiss, 13th player in the world and seeded No. 5, won the WTA tournament in Tokyo in Japan, on hard court, after her victory, in the final, against the Czech Linda Noskova, 17th player in the world and seeded No. 6, in two sets (6-2, 6-3) and 1h22 of play. In the first set, the Swiss was forced to save three break points. from the start, before wasting two, in turn, at 2-1.
Finally, at 3-2, Belinda Bencic accelerated, winning the last three games, including the final two services of her opponent of the day. After a first break, the 13th player in the world then double-broken, on her second opportunity, to pocket, at the same time, this first set (6-2). Finally, in the second and final round, the two players started by playing evenly. At 2-2, after an interminable game, marked in particular by a total of five break points saved, the number 5 seed resisted.
Bencic, the pass of ten
After saving another break point in the process, the Swiss, at the best of times and more precisely at 4-3, managed the break. When serving to win this match, Belinda Bencic had a final scare, saving another break point before concluding on her very first match point (6-3). Linda Noskova was playing in the sixth final of her career, her third in 2025 after Prague and Beijing.
The Czech will still have to wait before being able to win her second title, after Monterrey in 2024. The player will, despite everything, experience her best ranking and settle in thirteenth place, after a jump of four positions. For her part, Belinda Bencic, former 4th in the world, will move up to eleventh place. The Swiss wins the tenth title of her career, the second in 2025 after Abu Dhabi.
