February is the season of small victories. Lots of them. Sometimes, though, they can be building blocks.

It was only her fourth tour-level event back as a mom, too.

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

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.

In a rematch of the 2022 Wimbledon final, Rybakina won a third-set tiebreaker to reach the semifinals at the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open.