TORONTO — Swiss teen Belinda Bencic won the Rogers Cup on Sunday, following her upset of Serena Williams with a 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 3-0 victory over an ailing Simona Halep.
Halep was hampered by a left leg injury and heat exhaustion and stopped in the third set.
"I was thinking that I need a miracle to finish the match," Halep said. "I knew that I had no power, so I tried just to finish the match, but at 3-0 I said there is no sense to continue and I stopped."
The 18-year-old Bencic won her second WTA Tour title after breaking through this summer on grass in England at Eastbourne.