The couple formed by Iga Swiateknumber two in the world, and Katarzyna Kawa placed Poland in the semifinals of the Billie Jean King Cup after securing a comeback against Czechs Marie Bouzkova and Katerina Siniakova (6-2 and 6-4), the Czech Republic was eliminated and Poland will face Italy in the first semifinal next Monday.
The Polish team confirmed another return to the finals of this tennis world cup leaving highly equal eliminatory matches and with the surprise factor always present.
With the aggregate 1-1 after the victories of Marie Bouzkova, for the Czech Republic, and Iga Swiatek, for Poland, everything was seen for the doubles sentence, which was in the early hours of the morning, in the last match this Saturday in the court is attached to the José María Martín Carpena Sports Palace.
Despite playing more than two and a half hours of intense match against Linda Noskova in the previous round, Iga Swiatek was selected for the doubles and did not show physical fatigue at any time.
As Paula Badosa said in the post-match of her loss against the Polish tennis player in the round of 16, Swiatek was “a point above everyone physically.” For example, this performance in the quarterfinals with a double portion of matches.
Together with Katarzyna Kawa, they formed an unusual couple that gave the impression of developing chemistry that was greater than expected, so they flew into the first quarter with 6-2 against Bouzkova and Siniakova, who did not see it coming of the storm.
In the second quarter there was a Czech counterattack, which leveled the contest until the Poles again found more space on the court to continue hitting winning shots and, thus, achieved the final 6-4.
Poland will face the current runner-up of the competition, Italy, who eliminated Japan. This semi-final match, which will have a great rivalry between Swiatek (number two in the world) and Jasmine Paolini (number four), will be played next Monday at 5:00 pm
Source: La Verdad
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