Paula Badosanumber one in Spain for Billie Jean King Cup (BJKC) finals which starts this Wednesday in Malaga, summed up the team’s sentiments on Monday in a joint press conference where he admitted he had “high expectations” of lifting the trophy.
“I always have high expectations and we have a good team. It’s a different competition and it will be important how we are as a team, the energy and how we get along,” said Badosa at the official presentation of the Spanish tennis team at the José María Martín Carpena Sports Palace in the capital of Malaga.
Spain started the first training sessions on Saturday and in the days before the competition “everything is positive,” said the Catalan tennis player, who on a personal level feels “very good physically, with confidence and with the desire to play . at home.” .
She also reflects on the evolution of women’s tennis, which is “faster, more physical and more aggressive, the serve is very important and also the first shots”, so she is “trying to improve it because the best in the world are playing so that game.”
The Galician tennis player Jessica Bouzason the other hand, said that they will “give it their all” as much as they can and acknowledge that this is a special tournament as it is their “first time here”, so expect it. “have fun with the team” and, whenever possible, “give it your all on the track.”
The one from Castellón Sarah Sorribeswho will miss the doubles with Moldovan living in Cantabria Cristina Bucsa because of her stomach injury, said she was “sad” for him, but “This country has very good players and they will do their best.”
“Playing at home is something very good. “We really want to feel the heat of the fans that we felt last year in Seville,” added Sorribes, aware of “how difficult it is to lift that trophy,” although they also want to focus “on that day. -in-the-day”.
To the tennis player from Girona Marina Bassolsinstead of Bucsa, “Cristina’s injury feels badbut I am here to give one hundred percent, the most important part is forming a good team and with that everything will be fine,” he stressed.
In its part, Nuria Parrizasthat from Granada, one feels “As an Andalusian, I am very lucky to be able to experience this Billie Jean Cupbecause like at home, nowhere,” he stressed, without forgetting that the objective is “to win, obviously.”
The captain of the Spanish team, Anabel Medinasaid how he found out about Bucsa’s injury news: “He will soon travel to Malaga, he is sincere with the team and he told us that he is not one hundred percent,” he explained.
“Cristina Bucsa had a very good year in singles and, above all, in doubles; “The results with Sara Sorribes – in reference to her bronze medal at the Paris Games – clearly formed a possible double here, so we were caught in a different position,” he indicated.
However, Medina shows great confidence in Bassols: “These things can happen and injuries are there in sport. Marina’s inclusion is more obvious, she is a player who brings a lot of value to the team,” he said.
Spain will debut against Poland this Wednesday at 5:00 pm in the round of 16 of the BJKC finals, at the start of the competition that will be held between November 13 and 20 on a court attached to the Martín Carpena Sports Palace from Malaga.
Source: La Verdad
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