Italy qualified this Saturday for the final of Billie Jean King Cup by winning the first semi-final Slovenia 2-0thanks to the respective achievements of Martina Trevisan and Jasmin Paolini against Kaja Juvan (7-6 and 6-3) and Tamara Zimansek (6-2, 4-6 and 6-3).
The transalpines, led by Tathiana Garbin, will try to win their fifth title this Sunday, after the achievements in 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2013, in the final that will pit them against each other in La Cartuja stadium in Seville to the winners of the second semi-final Czechia and the United States They will compete in the afternoon session.
In the first match of the morning, Martina Trevisan achieved her third consecutive victory of the week against Kaja Juvan, who is also undefeated in this rivalry between the number two of each country, but does not have the legs to withstand the higher Florentine left-handed ball speed.
At the start of her clash against Slovenian number one, Tamara Zidansek, Italian Jasmine Paolini proved to be the strongest player in the competition, as she gave her rival no options in the first set which she finished in just half an hour , with two ‘breaks’ and after Balkan threw a cross-court forehand in the second set ball (6-2).
Zidansek reacted in the second set (4-6) but in the third the Slovenian tennis player gave the ‘counterbreak’ with a double fault to make it 2-2 and that was the rock on which his Tuscan rival established his victory , since He broke Zimansek’s serve again in the eighth game before sealing Italy’s place in the final with a high backhand volley (6-3).
Source: La Verdad
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