The team led by Anabel Medina will start the group stage of the Glasgow Finals this Wednesday
After four months of waiting, Spain is now ready to compete in Glasgow. This Wednesday kicks off the Billie Jean King Cup Finals for Anabel Medina’s team in the Scottish capital. A chance to dream of the first title in 24 years and that would mean the sixth injured in this competition.
To try to achieve something that Spain has longed for since the time of Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Conchita Martínez, Medina has brought together Paula Badosa (12), Nuria Parrizas (73), Cristina Bucsa (107), Rebeka Masarova (133) in the British land and Aliona Bolsova (195). Garbiñe Muguruza, immersed in a complicated sporting situation and already on holiday, will not be there, as will Sara Sorribes, heroine in the qualifying heats and unable to attend the appointment due to an injury.
Yes, Badosa showed up at the last minute, the last to join the group. The Catalan, who announced her presence a few weeks ago, broke off with a mini-vacation before donning her work overalls and meeting her colleagues in Glasgow. It will be the first Finals for Badosa, who had to be absent next year to play the WTA Finals in Guadalajara (Mexico).
“I am very enthusiastic, very motivated. I’ve worked very hard the past few days to be prepared because I know it’s a very tough competition,” Badosa said at a press conference. “I’m always looking for my best tennis, whatever the competition is. with a lot of desire and a mental break that always helps. For me it’s motivation to stop playing like Paula Badosa and do it as a representative of Spain so I’m going to try to give my best level I have Anabel the first day already told that if she came, it was to try to win such a title,” he added.
While Badosa will take on the role of number one, Parrizas, who has lived his first full season in the ‘top 100’, will be his squire. The doubt lies in the doubles, where Bolsova, number 58 in the discipline, will certainly be. It remains to meet your companion.
Spain will make their debut this Wednesday (5pm Spanish time) against Kazakhstan, before meeting the United States on Thursday, one of the big favorites, with Cori Gauff, the only ‘top 10’ in the tournament, on his player list.
Kazakhstan, a country that has grown sporty through the nationalization of foreign tennis players, has Elena Rybakina as a great asset. The current Wimbledon champion and number 22 in the world is the main racket of the Kazakhs, who earned their place in the tournament by beating Germany in the play-off.
The Moscow-born tennis star won the first Grand Slam of her career last July, but has only reached one final since then. His powerful serve and aggressive hitting will be a very difficult weapon to stop on the Glasgow indoor track. Along with Rybakina, Yulia Putintseva, number 54 in the ranking, Zhibek Kulambayeva (442) and Anna Danilina, will be a great figure for the doubles, a category in which she is 12th in the ranking and has just played the Masters Cup in Texas.
The win is essential to qualify for the semi-finals, as only the top ranked of the group will advance to the semi-finals. The United States are the big favorites in the Spanish group and in the tournament with Gauff, Madison Keys and Danielle Collins, along with the Czech Republic, which has the best doubles in the world (Siniakova/Krejcikova) and Karolina Pliskova.
Source: La Verdad
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