Billie Jean King Cup finals, Italy beats France
Billie Jean King Cup finals, Italy beats France
In the first Group D match of the Billie Jean King Cup finals, great feat of the Italian women’s team that beat France 2-1 on the fast indoor court at the Stadio de la Cartuja in Seville thanks to the successes in the singles of Martina Trevisan against Alize Cornet and Jasmine Paolini against Caroline Gracia.
The Florentine came back and defeated Cornet with a score of 2-6 6-2 6-2 in two hours and a quarter of play, in the first set Martina twice broke her opponent’s serve but never managed to hold her own, same scenario but on opposite sides in the second set, among’other with five breaks in the first five games, then in the decisive partial Trevisan è sprinted 3-0 with a two break lead, immediately gave one back but made the one that proved decisive on 4-2, closing immediately after at the first match point.
In the next match, the Tuscan native of Bagni di Lucca beat Garcia, who recently exited the top ten, with a score of 7-6 5-7 6-4 in two hours and 35 minutes of battle. In contrast to the previous match, there was no break in the first set, moreover only one break point saved in the second game by Paolini, who then in the tie-break came back from 2-5 down and also cancelled a set point on 5-6 before winning it 8-6.
In the second set Garcia’s break in the third game, the transalpine had two set points at 5-4 and service Jasmine nullified these too recovering the break but soon after lost the serve again and shortly after the set. The decisive partial won again Garcia ahead 2-0 and then 4-2 but here Jasmine strung four consecutive games that gave the certain victory in this challenge to the’Italy.
Trevisan and Elisabetta Cocciaretto then tried in the doubles but lost on the super tie-break to a pair of great palmares as that formed by Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic. 5-7 6-2 and then 10-6 the score in favor of the transalpine women. First set with break and counter-break in the first and second games and then again in the seventh and eighth, then the Azzurri operated the decisive extension at 5-5.
Garcia and Mladenovic forò from the break and counterbreak in the fourth and fifth games string three consecutive games and finally in the super tie-break from’1-3 for the azzurre string seven consecutive points with which they mortgage the success. Tomorrow the Azzurri will play the second challenge of the round against Germany.
