Jabeur wins Berlin title after Bencic retires injured

June 19 (Reuters) – Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur gained the next grasscourt title of her profession following reigning Olympic champion Belinda Bencic was compelled to retire wounded in the last of the Berlin Open on Sunday.

Leading seed Jabeur took the opening established 6-3, when Bencic wounded her ankle in the ultimate sport. The Swiss tried to soldier on but was sooner or later compelled to retire with Jabeur top 2-1 in the next.

Even as the crowd gave each finalists a spherical of applause, the Tunisian was fast paced encouraging take care of Bencic as she took her seat, bringing her an ice bucket for her ankle.

Jabeur dropped only just one set during the event, in a warning to her rivals forward of Wimbledon which gets underway on June 27.

She also won the WTA 1000 claycourt Madrid Open very last month, creating her only the 2nd woman to gain several titles this yr following planet range a person Iga Swiatek. Jabeur is projected to move up to 3rd in the world rankings on Monday.

Swiatek skipped the Berlin Open up owing to a shoulder problem, stating she wanted to get better and rest forward of Wimbledon.

Jabeur will subsequent head to Eastbourne, where by she is set to husband or wife with 23-moments main champion Serena Williams for the doubles party. Williams is producing her return to the tour a calendar year right after her final match.

Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru Modifying by Hugh Lawson

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