02/08/2020
Tennis » The Swiss Fed Cup team will compete in the final tournament in Budapest (April 14-19) in the event of an accident. She leads 2-0 to Biel in the qualifying jump-off against Canada thanks to the successes of Jil Teichmann (WTA 68) and Belinda Bencic (WTA 5). The Swiss now have little to fear from a Canadian squad also bereft of ex-world No. 5 Eugenie Bouchard, who gave up on a wrist injury less than an hour before the start of the match. The 2014 Wimbledon finalist was replaced by Gabriela Dabrowski (WTA 448).
Under these conditions, the selection of captain Heinz Günthardt had to lead 2-0. And it did not fail in a Swiss Tennis Arena where some 1300 spectators had taken place. Established for the first time in singles in this competition, Jil Teichmann put his team on the right track by dominating the young Leylah Annie Fernandez (WTA 185) 7-6 (7/4) 6-4 in 1 h 32 ’. Star of the weekend, Belinda Bencic then crushed Gabriela Dabrowski 6-1 6-2 in 56 ’to pick the tenth victory of her career in a Fed Cup singles. ats
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