Iga Swiatek gained in singles and doubles to steer Poland’s 2-1 comeback towards the Czech Republic within the Billie Jean King Cup on Saturday.
Poland will meet Italy within the semifinal after Jasmine Paolini likewise gained her singles and doubles matches to steer Italy again to a 2-1 win over Japan.
Marie Bouzkova beat Magdalena Frech 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 to provide the Czech Republic a 1-0 lead on the indoor laborious courtroom in Malaga’s Palacio del Deportes.
The second-ranked Swiatek leveled the rating after she held on for a 7-6 (7), 4-6, 7-5 win over Linda Noskova.
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The five-time Grand Slam winner then went again on the courtroom after a brief break to assist Katarzyna Kawa beat Katerina Siniakova, the world’s top-ranked doubles participant, and Bouzkova 6-2, 6-4.
“Let’s take pleasure in this one. For positive it was an exhausting day and a few actually robust matches, however I’m actually completely happy we gained that final one,” Swiatek mentioned.
She added that she hadn’t performed doubles in three years and praised Kawa’s well-placed passing pictures within the doubles lane as key to victory.
Swiatek confirmed no signal that she was worn down by the back-to-back matches that mixed for 3 hours and 50 minutes of taking part in time. The Polish pair transformed all 4 break probabilities and hit extra winners, 29-18, than the Czechs.
Poland is looking for its first title. The Czech Republic is an 11-time champion, second solely to the US’ 18 titles.