The captain of the Spanish women’s tennis team, Anabel Medinaassured this Saturday, after being removed Mexico (3-1) and go to Billie Jean King Cup Finalsthat Spain has options to lift his sixth title of this tournament, the old one fed cupeven if I didn’t expect it Paula Badosa and Garbine Muguruza in its final phase, scheduled from November 7 to 12 in a location to be confirmed and he hopes to be in Andalusia.
After defeating Mexico in a best-of-five series in Puente Romano Tennis Club in MarbellaMedina affirmed that he sees Spain “with the ability to win Billie Jean King, because it has been shown that the union of a team can do a lot.”
“Because I’m captain, thirteen players passed the fourteen qualifiers, of which we won eleven. We can handle it,” he explained after being asked if he could see Spain winning the title without the number 31 in world, Paula Badosa , who resigned from the tournament to focus on the WTA circuit, and double ‘Grand Slam’ champion Garbiñe Muguruza, who is currently inactive after deciding to take an indefinite break.
The Spain captain stressed that they “won this tie the way they did because they did a very good job from the start” and insisted they were “superior for that” against Mexico.
“We are a group and we have to go with that mentality,” stressed Medina, an aspect in which Aliona Bolsova also had an impact, indicating that “whether there are big names or not, regardless of the number in the world, everyone is even that of current women’s tennis”.
Regarding Mexico, he praised the level shown by the North American team despite losing 3-1 and said that “they have players of a very good level who do not give up at any time; they are a difficult opponent with tough, combative players, and success was more a merit of the Spanish than a demerit of the Mexican players”.
Spain, possible venue for the Finals
Spain is one of the countries applying to host the Billie Jean King Cup Finals to be played in November, something the national team wants, in the words of the captain.
“I hope it plays in Spain, a little bird told me it’s the same here. Playing at home is an extra factor. They told us it could be in Andalusia. For us it’s great, then for three years playing abroad” said Anabel Medina.
In this regard, the tennis player from Granada, Nuria Párrizas, pointed out that she would be even more excited if this situation happened: “As an Andalusian, I want it to be held in Andalusia, and there is no problem if it is on the track. and not on clay ,” he added.
Source: La Verdad
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