(Reuters) – Belinda Bencic drove Switzerland to triumph over Italy in their opening Billie Jean Lord Cup tie on Wednesday while Slovakia returned quickly from an extreme misfortune to Australia to overcome Belgium and get their mission in the groove again.
Olympic boss Bencic, the world number 12, cut off Jasmine Paolini 7-5 6-3 to get the Gathering A tie for Switzerland after Jil Teichmann saved a match point in transit to her completely exhilarating 6-3 4-6 7-6(5) prevail upon Elisabetta Cocciaretto.
Bencic got back to court thirty minutes
After the fact to collaborate with Teichmann and wrap up a perfect day for last year’s finalists as they beat Paolini and Martina Trevisan 7-6(5) 6-1 to finish a 3-0 range.
Prior, Viktoria Kuzmova and Anna Karolina Schmiedlova won their singles connections to assist with getting a 2-1 triumph over Belgium in their last Gathering B tie.
Olympic boss Bencic, the world number 12, cut off Jasmine Paolini 7-5 6-3 to get the Gathering A tie for Switzerland after Jil Teichmann saved a match point on the way to her completely exhilarating 6-3 4-6 7-6(5) prevail upon Elisabetta Cocciaretto.
Bencic got back to court thirty minutes after the fact to collaborate with Teichmann and wrap up a faultless day for last year’s finalists as they beat Paolini and Martina Trevisan 7-6(5) 6-1 to finish a 3-0 breadth.
Prior, Viktoria Kuzmova and Anna Karolina Schmiedlova won their singles connections to assist with getting a 2-1 triumph over Belgium in their last Gathering B tie.
Kuzmova had lost to Ajla Tomljanovic on Wednesday yet stowed an important pairs point with Tereza Mihalikova, and she conveyed that force into her strong 6-2 7-6(7) prevail upon Ysaline Bonaventure of Belgium.
Schmiedlova fixed the tie for Slovakia in a steady 5-7 6-2 6-3 win over Maryna Zanevska before the duplicates matching of Elise Mertens and Kirsten Flipkens.
Belgium on the board with a devastating 6-0 6-3 success over Kuzmova and Mihalikova.
The opposition, previously called the Fed Cup, was renamed to pay tribute to the 12-times American Huge homerun champion and rebuilt into a configuration closing with 12 countries contending north of multi week for the title.
The US will take on Poland in Gathering D while Spain face Kazakhstan in Gathering C later on Wednesday.