Australia started off on the right foot and won this Tuesday Slovakia 2-1 in the first match of the last period of Billie Jean King Cupwhere they were placed at the head of Group B, which also included Belgium.
At the Emirates Arenas in Glasgow, where the entire stage will be held, Hurricane Sanders lose Victoria Kuzmova by 6-4 and 6-3, and Ajla Tomljanovic a Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) 6-1 and 6-2.
With the clash decided, in the doubles match needed to complete the scoreboard, the Slovaks Viktoria Kuzmova and Tereza Mihalikova they lost Ellen Perez and Storm Sanders by 2-6, 6-3 and 10-6.
On Wednesday Belgium will play Slovakia and on Thursday the Australians and Belgians will face each other.
There are four groups of three teams and only the winner of each group can reach the semifinals.
The Australian team leads the ranking of the competition, which is called before Federation Cup and is not officially considered the championship of the women’s world team.
Another clash to be decided today is the Kazakhstan-Great Britainfrom group C where it is Spain.
The team he captained Annabelle Medina and led Paula Badosathird in the world ranking behind Australia and France, will debut this Wednesday against Kazakhstan and play on Thursday against the British.
Russia, The team defending the title won in 2021, when the tournament was still called the Federation Cup, is not playing in this edition due to sanctions against its country stemming from the invasion of Ukraine.
Source: La Verdad
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