Billie Jean King Cup: Canada breads Italy, Australia in semifinals
While Canada celebrated an unchallenged opening win against Italy with Bianca Andreescu and Leylah Fernandez at the Billie Jean King Cup in Glasgow, the Australians are already in the semi-finals.
by tennisnet.com
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Nov 10, 2022, 04:06 pm
Andreescu, who won the US Open in 2019, opened for Canada with a 7: 6 (3) and 6: 3 against Elisabetta Cocciaretto. Fernandez, just one match away from winning the big game two years after her compatriot in New York City, didn't give up a game in just 44 minutes against Martina Trevisan.
In doubles, things didn't fare much better for Jasmine Paolini and Lucia Bronzetti against Fernandez and partner Gabriela Dabrowski. Canada won 6-1 and 6-1. Now it is against Switzerland for a place in the semi-finals.
The Australians can already plan with that. After the success against Slovakia at the start, the women from Down Under now also prevailed against Belgium. The victory was already certain after the singles. Storm Sanders initially had surprisingly few problems with Alison van Uytvanck at 6: 2 and 6: 2. Afterwards, Elise Mertens, who was still in action at the WTA Finals in Fort Worth from Monday to Tuesday night, had to give up against Ajla Tomljanovic in the third set.