The United States won the Billie Jean King Junior Cup on Sunday after defeating the Czech Republic in the final of a tournament played this week in Córdoba, where the host team, Spain, finished fourth.
The Americans managed to win their eighth junior women’s tennis world championship title, since then Tyra Grant and Iva Jovic They didn’t give the Czechs a choice.
In the first match, Grant lost Alena Kovackova in a match of clear dominance that did not go to the clock and ended 6-4 and 6-1.
In the second, Iva Jovic surpassed number six in the world youth ranking, Laura Samsonovathis time in an even contest, especially in the second set, but again fell to the American side 6-1 and 7-5 to hand the title to the team led by Tom Gutteridge.
With this victory, the United States won its eighth Billie Jean King Junior Cup title and thus reaffirmed the title achieved last year in Turkey, becoming the clear dominator of world U-16 tennis.
Spain, for its part, had the task of overcoming Great Britain to become the third best team in the tournament, but, despite standing up to the British, it finally fell.
Hannah Klugman managed to lose Lorraine Solar In an initially fair match leading to the third set, as the Spaniards won the first 6-2, Klugman leveled after winning the second set 3-6 and also took the third and the match 4-6.
In the second confrontation, Charo Esquiva he saw his face against Ming Xu and, although the match would also be fair, it was once again won by the British, who won the first set 6-7 and the second 4-6 to hand third place to the team led by Katie O’Brien.
Source: La Verdad
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