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Billie Jean King Cup - Switzerland thanks to Bencic and Golubic in the semi-finals - sport

Billie Jean King Cup – Switzerland thanks to Bencic and Golubic in the semi-finals – sport

  • Switzerland continues to play well in the final tournament of the Billie Jean King Cup in Glasgow and is the group winner in the semi-finals.
  • In the decisive duel with Canada, Belinda Bencic and Victoria Golubic illustrate it all in the individual.
  • In the semi-finals, Heinz Günthardt’s team will meet the United States or the Czech Republic.

Switzerland is still running like clockwork in the final tournament of the Billie Jean King Cup. After the 3-0 victory over Italy, when Belinda Bencic and Gil Tichman had saved the points, Viktoria Golubic and Bencic once again brought the decisive factor into a duel with Canada.

Golubek (WTA 77) beat Bianca Andreescu (WTA 45) 2:6, 6:3, 6:4 after an increase. Bencic (WTA 12) then put Leila Fernandez (WTA 40) in his place 6:0, 7:5.

This means that Switzerland is already the winner of the group and has reached the semi-finals before the final doubles. In the last four, last year’s finalists will meet a strong team in one way or another: the contenders will be either the United States or the Czech Republic.

Bencic keeps Fernandes in trouble

Taking a 1-0 lead thanks to Golubic in the back, Bencic played big in the second person. In the first set, she managed to perform almost flawlessly. The eastern Swiss team did not concede a single match to the 2021 US Open final and won the match in just 25 minutes to zero.

But it did not continue in the same manner. The left-hander from Canada was raised in the second set and is now completely level. Several parades worth watching have developed. When the score was 4: 4, Bencic managed to break, which she could not confirm. But with another service breakthrough, the singles Olympic champion made the score 6:5 a few minutes later. And this time she kept her nerve on sending herself and serving the match at home.

Golubek fighter

In her first appearance at this year’s Billie Jean King Cup, Golubic lost the first set to Andreescu, the 2019 US Open winner, 6-2. But once again, the Zurich woman showed her fighting qualities. She won the second set 6:3, and thanks to a solid game, she advanced to 5:1 in the decider round.

But it narrowed again. At the score of 4:5, 30:30 From Andreescu’s point of view, the Canadian made two small mistakes, even Golubek was still able to raise his arms in celebration.