Coach Petr Pála watches tennis player Markéta Vondroušová in training
Ondrej Deml, ČTK
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“I remember the Fed Cup well. I was returning after an injury, but it was an important experience for me,” said Swiss number one Belinda Bencicová, who lost both singles to Barbora Strýcová and Petra Kvitová 2: 6, 4 three years ago: 6.
But since then, the tennis player with Slovak roots against the Czech rivals on the WTA circuit has a 12: 3 balance! This year, she also improved it at the Olympics in Tokyo, where she eliminated her current sockess Barbora Krejčíková and then defeated Markéta Vondroušová in the final.
Krejčíková peaked with Hingis. The Czech number one is cool and motivated
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“Bara is definitely a very tough opponent, but she is third in the world. She plays very constantly, she has been among the top players, but I believe that I will have a chance. I definitely have confidence,” Bencicová remarked.
“Belinda is playing balls soon after the impact, I expect it to be very fast. I have to hold on,” Krejčíková planned.
However, his teammate Bencicová from the Olympic doubles, Viktorija Golubicová, also believes that five years ago at the Fed Cup in Lucerne, as a player from the second hundred of the world rankings, she sensationally stepped on both Czech singers Karolína Plíšková and Strýcová. And recently she beat Vondroušová at the tournament in Indian Wells.
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Belinda Bencicová rejoices at the victory over Angelique Kerberová
David W Cerny, Reuters
“The Swiss just have a great team. I think it will be a few balls. But I also believe that the spectators will help us, as the Swiss helped Lucerne Golubici,” Pála hopes.
“The Czechs are probably not happy to play with us. But you are at home, you have fans here. It will be balanced, but we will see,” Bencicová smiled significantly.
Out of eight fedcup duels against Czech tennis players, the Swiss succeeded only once in 1998, when Martina Hingisová, who is still with the team in the role of assistant, played the promotion in Brno.
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