Iga Swiatek sends Poland into Billie Jean King Cup finals
Poland’s red-hot world primary Iga Swiatek didn’t drop a sport in her Saturday singles match towards Romania’s Andreea Prisacariu, sending Poland by to November’s Billie Jean King Cup finals in decisive vogue.
Swiatek, who put Poland up 2-0 on Friday by thrashing Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-1 6-0 for an 18th straight win, continued her scorching kind, because the 20-year-old broke Prisacariu six instances in Radom, Poland.
Becoming a member of Poland within the finals would be the Czech Republic, Spain, Kazakhstan, Italy, Belgium, United States and Canada.
“I am actually proud. I used to be actually working exhausting for that. Though I did not play final yr, I really feel it has been a protracted journey and it took us just a few years to progress step-by-step and qualify for the finals,” Swiatek stated after her 6-0 6-0 victory.
“It simply exhibits what a robust group we’re. Hopefully within the finals we’ll present much more progress and we’ll succeed.”
Marketa Vondrousova and Karolina Muchova gained the doubles decider for 11-time champions Czech Republic to clinch their finals berth with a 3-2 victory over Britain, beating Harriet Dart and Katie Swan 6-1 7-5 in Prague.
In singles play, Vondrousova, the 2019 French Open runner-up, earlier picked aside Britain’s Emma Raducanu 6-1 6-1 as {the teenager} struggled with blisters on her proper foot earlier than Dart leveled the tie at 2-2 with a 6-0 5-7 6-2 win over 16-year-old Linda Fruhvirtova of the Czech Republic.
Kazakhstan progressed on the expense of Germany with Elena Rybakina coming from a set right down to get previous three-times Grand Slam champion Angelique Kerber 4-6 6-3 7-5 in Nur-Sultan in Kazakhstan.
4-time winners Italy superior after Camila Giorgi secured the decisive level of their victory over France in Sardinia with a 6-2 6-0 thrashing of Concord Tan.
Spain will bid for a sixth title, regardless of lacking Paula Badosa and Garbine Muguruza this weekend, after Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands 6-0 6-4 to safe their passage to the finals.
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The US squeezed by to the finals with a 3-2 dwelling victory over Ukraine in Asheville, North Carolina, however solely after receiving a mighty scare by the guests from the war-torn nation. Learn full story
Underdogs Dayana Yastremska and Katarina Zavatska gained their respective singles matches in straight units on Saturday however the US finally prevailed within the doubles decider, gained 7-6(5) 6-3 by Jessica Pegula and Asia Muhammad over Yastremska and Lyudmyla Kichenok.
In Vancouver, Canada confirmed their place within the finals by beating Latvia.
U.S. Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez gained her Saturday singles over Daniela Vismane 6-2 6-1 to provide the hosts an unassailable lead.
Belgium had a straightforward path to the finals, receiving a walkover with opponents Belarus being suspended from worldwide group competitions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Belarus is a key staging space for the invasion, which Russia calls a “particular operation.”
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar and Hritika Sharma in Bengaluru; Extra reporting by Andrew Each; Modifying by Ken Ferris, Christian Radnedge and Cynthia Osterman)
