Didn't expect Belinda to win, says Federer
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Swiss tennis player and 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer did not expect his compatriot Belinda Bencic to win the Dubai Open Championship but said that he is happy for her."I am really happy for her, but I definitely did not expect it, I still think, like she also thought, it was sort of work in progress, her whole comeback. But this is what sports does, they write great stories," Women's Tennis Association quoted Federer, as saying."I thought the way she did it was tremendous, beating four Top 10 players in exhilarating matches, to be honest. I think that was wonderful for her," he said.Bencic had a dramatic title run in which she had to save six match points against Belarus's Aryna Sabalenka, stun former world number one Simona Halep and end Elina Svitolina's two-year winning streak before defeating Czech Petra Kvitova in a three-set thriller final.Closely monitoring Bencic's progress, Federer was in the UAE to kick-start his tournament preparations."Every day I saw her at ..