The former world No. 4 came back from a set down to defeat the defending champion and reach her first final since returning from maternity leave last fall.

The brief interruption did little to derail Bencic's upset bid against the top seed, eventually winning in three sets.

On day four, Carlos Alcaraz put on a clinic, Belinda Bencic continued her comeback ... There was a whipped forehand winner up the line to secure the first set, and then a gorgeous pair of forehand ...

A dominant win in the last warm-up tournament before a Grand Slam doesn ... victory over world No. 14 Anna Kalinskaya, Belinda Bencic is at a loss. “I didn’t even think I’d be here ...

The world number three was not at her best but outlasted Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 on the hottest day in Melbourne so far as temperatures hit 34C. It set up a quarterfinal ...

Belinda Bencic gained entry to the 2025 Australian Open by using her protected ranking, which she received for her pregnancy. The Swiss player participated in the warm-up tournaments ahead of the ...

The world number three was not at her best but outlasted Switzerland's Belinda Bencic 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 on the hottest day in Melbourne so far as temperatures hit 34 degrees Celsius (93 Fahrenheit).

The world number three was not at her best but outlasted Switzerland's Belinda Bencic 5-7 ... skirmishes but the big-hitting Bencic's ability to mix up her shots was clearly unsettling the ...