PRAGUE, Nov 3 — Australia’s Storm Sanders and Daria Gavrilova dug deep to record upset victories in their singles rubbers against Belgium to help the team win 2-1 in the Billie Jean King Cup finals on Tuesday. The 131st-ranked Sanders rallied to a 3-6 7-6(5) 6-0 win over world number 18 Elise...
PRAGUE, Nov 3 — Australia’s Storm Sanders and Daria Gavrilova dug deep to record upset victories in their singles rubbers against Belgium to help the team win 2-1 in the Billie Jean King Cup finals on Tuesday.
However, the semi-final hopes of the Canadians, who stunned defending champions France on the opening day, ended as they were blanked 3-0 by the Russian Tennis Federation team, whose five players in Prague are ranked inside the world’s top 40. World number 12 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova is the highest ranked Russian in Prague but the 30-year-old had to raise her game in the deciding set to tame big-hitting Rebecca Marino 6-4 4-6 6-2 to give her team a 2-0 lead heading into the doubles.
“I felt really heavy in the legs and ended up being taped up for the third set,” she said. “I felt a little bit my groin and I think most of it is coming from nerves, not because I’m unfit or anything like that.
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