The Slovenian national team won this Tuesday against Australia (2-1) in the first pairing of the finals of Billie Jean King Tennis Cupwhich will be played until Sunday at the La Cartuja stadium in Seville, a rivalry comfortably dominated by the European players.
The commitment to the experience of Alicia Molikthe Australian captain, lost because his two starters, Ajla Tomljanovic and Daria Savillethey hardly put up any resistance in individual matches and showed that their current classification (549 and 206 in the world ranking, respectively) was not a coincidence.
The Slovenian Come on Juvan service is broken Tomljanovic on his first turn and, although the oceanic team recovered quickly, he won the first set by 6-4 After coming back from 40-0 down in the last game, the second set began where the Balkan team crushed its rival with a 6-1 in just half an hour.
The score, also in favor of Slovenia, was reversed (6-1 and 6-4) in the second meeting, where Tamara Zidansek had to save six break balls in a first game that lasted almost a quarter of an hour and narrowed all the emotions of a match where, after its resolution, everything was in favor of the European against Saville.
Thus, the doubles lost importance, with the Slovenians fielding their two lowest-ranked players, Veronika Erjavec and Ela-Nala Milicto compete with number one in the world in the specialty, Storm Hunterwho paired with Kimberly Birrell to score the only point for his team in the extra ‘tie-break’ (10-5) that adhere to two strict sets: 7-5 and 6-7.
Source: La Verdad
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