2023-11-08 00:29:00
The Czech Republic’s tennis players lived up to their role as favorites at the start of the Billie Jean King Cup. In the new edition of last year’s final, the Czech Republic defeated defending champions Switzerland at the start of the final tournament in Seville and can already make the semi-finals clear once morest the USA on Friday. Only the top four in the preliminary round groups reach the semifinals.
In the first game of Group A, the Czech Republic might even afford to give Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousová a break just four days following her exit from the WTA finals in Cancun, Mexico.
Instead, Linda Nosková, who beat Céline Naef 7:6 (7:2), 4:6, 6:4, and Marie Bouzková took the decisive 2-0 lead with a 6:4, 6:4 win once morest Viktorija Golubic .
“I’m overjoyed that I was able to get the second point and thus the victory for our team,” said Bouzková: “The fans who traveled with us are so loud, that gives us a lot of support. I enjoy the team spirit here.”
Germany starts once morest Italy
The subsequent doubles between seven-time Grand Slam winners Barbora Krejcíková/Katerina Siniaková once morest Golubic/Jil Teichmann no longer had any impact on the outcome of the game. In the first game of the day, Slovenia beat Australia 2-1 in Group B.
The German women will take part in the tournament on Thursday once morest Italy (10 a.m.), and on Friday morning France, the supposedly toughest competitor in the fight for the semi-final ticket, will be waiting.
The selection is led by team captain Rainer Schüttler from the world number 58. Tatjana Maria (Bad Saulgau). Laura Siegemund (Metzingen), newly qualified, is the second top 100 player in the squad, which is completed by Anna-Lena Friedsam (Neuwied), Eva Lys (Hamburg) and Jule Niemeier (Dortmund).
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