Last Updated: November 11, 2023, 03:00 IST
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The Czech Republic received a heavyweight conflict towards the United States with a deciding doubles victory sending them by means of to the Billie Jean King Cup semifinals in Seville on Friday.
The Czech Republic received a heavyweight conflict towards the United States with a deciding doubles victory sending them by means of to the Billie Jean King Cup semi-finals in Seville on Friday.
The winner-takes-all Group A duel between the 2 most profitable sides within the competitors’s historical past was locked at 1-1 after the singles earlier than the Czech pair of Katerina Siniakova and Barbora Krejcikova took the European staff by means of.
The seven-time Grand Slam doubles champions had a bit of an excessive amount of craft for Danielle Collins and Taylor Townsend, profitable 6-3 7-5.
Canada would be the Czech Republic’s opposition in Saturday’s semi-finals.
Earlier within the day on the Estadio de la Cartuja, Slovenia reached the semi-finals for the primary time and arrange a conflict with Italy regardless of shedding 2-1 to Kazakhstan in Group B.
The U.S. misplaced to the Czechs on the identical stage final yr and have been intent on setting the file straight and issues appeared good when Collins beat Siniakova 6-3 6-2 within the opening singles.
But Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova, who didn’t play within the Czechs’ win towards defending champions Switzerland, levelled issues up by crushing Sofia Kenin 6-1 6-1.
Siniakova and Krejcikova then accomplished the comeback to maintain the Czech staff heading in the right direction for a twelfth title.
“This is a team competition and it was great that Marketa came up with the win to make it 1-1,” Krejicova mentioned.
“A deciding doubles is always tricky because it’s no advantage but I felt that we had a really good team spirit.”
Group B was extra advanced with Kazakhstan needing a 3-0 win to be assured of reaching the final 4.
That ambition disappeared as Kaja Juvan thrashed Anna Danilina 6-1 6-0 earlier than Tamara Zidansek walked on courtroom towards Yulia Putintseva with the arithmetic which means she wanted to win one set to ship the Slovenians by means of.
She duly received the opening set 6-2 earlier than Putintseva hit again to degree the match, at which level Zidansek retired within the information that her nation had accomplished sufficient to qualify.
“I mean, for me it’s not really sunk in. Once you’re here in this moment, it’s going fast, so you don’t really know what’s happening,” Zidansek mentioned. “Obviously we still have a lot to do. It’s not finished yet.”
Kazakhstan received the doubles to seal the tie however it was too late. Slovenia, Kazakhstan and Australia all completed with one win and a 3-3 win loss file however Slovenia, the bottom ranked of the 12 nations within the occasion, had a greater units share.
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed – Reuters)
