Bencic and Golubic led Switzerland to the final against Australia

Viktorija Golubic and Belinda Bencic ensured Switzerland’s presence in the third final of Billie Jean King Cup in their history, the second in a row, after winning both individual matches in the semifinal against the Czech Republic.

The Swiss team, last year’s runner-up, will play for the title this Sunday (3:00 pm) against Australia, who previously defeated the host, Great Britain, 2-1.

The 2022 Billie Jean King Cup will conclude with an unprecedented final. The Czech team was left unable to dispute the trophy. He did not win a set in two singles matches.

And that’s in the second match of the series Karolina Pliskova he gave a sense of reacting after losing the first set and questioning Bencic. But the Olympic champion reacted and turned the set around to seal his victory in two sets and certify a pass to the final.

Bencic, that in the past australia tomorrow was beaten by the Czech, they won 6-2 and 7-6(6) after one hour and 44 minutes. This is life insurance for Heiz Guenthardt’s team. Bencic has won eight of their last nine meetings at the Billie Jean King Cup.

The Olympic champion completed the work previously directed by Viktorija Golubic who prevailed with a double 6-4 over Karolina Muchova In an hour and a half. It was the revenge of the Helvetian which fell against its rival in Tallinn, in the same year. The only time they are measured.

The current runner-up in the Billie Jean King Cup will attempt, for the third time, to capture the trophy. He tried in 1998 which Spain missed. And in 2021, Russia won.

Now they will face Australia where they will have an unprecedented final. The ocean team suffered more against Great Britain (2-1). Storm Sanders and Samantha Stosur, parts of the Australian duo, returned their team to the final of the Billie Jean King Cup after defeating the British in the decisive doubles match Alicia Barnett and Olivia Nicholls who remained at the gates of the goal.

The Australian team led by Alicia Molik will challenge for the title, which they have not won since 1974.

Bidding was fierce between Australia and Great Britain until the final point of a dramatic match was decided in three sets, in the ‘supertiebreak’ after two hours and ten minutes of play (7-6(1), 6-7(5) and 10-6).

Doubles got all its glory and highest relevance after each team won an individual. The session began with the victory of Sanders, who was established as the hero of the semifinal. Despite the level that her ranking points to, 237 in the WTA, she was able to dominate the British, who were encouraged by the public, and found one hundred places above the women’s classification.

They won 6-4, 7-6(3) after two hours and six minutes. It was the second win for the Oceanic against the European after the meeting they shared in Brisbane two seasons ago.

Australia were within a point of their goal before their main reference, their number one player, Alja Tomljanovic, stepped up. Of Croatian origin, born in Zagreb, the 29-year-old tennis player is 33rd in the women’s ranking with four victories in her career.

But Harriet Dart showed that she is a tennis player made for this competition. In his appearance against Spain on the last day of the group stage, the British flew and in two sets (7-6(3) and 6-2), he left his rival with no options after one hour and 51 minutes of meeting

Until this appointment in Glasgow, Tomljanovic had always beaten the British. He did it in Nottingham three years ago and most recently, in 2022 in Toronto.

Dart gave life to the local team that leveled the rivalry and moved closer to the fifth final in its history, the first since 1981 for a team that had never won this competition.

The doubles decided everything. There were no surprises this time and Australia imposed its composure and mastery against a seemingly minor opponent that pushed the winners to the limit.

Australia reached their 19th Billie Jean King Cup final against Switzerland.