MADRID, November 12 (EUROPA PRESS) –
This Sunday, Canada won the Billie Jean King Cup by winning (2-0) in the elimination final against Italy in the Final played at the La Cartuja Stadium in Seville.
The young Marina Stakusic and the intractable Leylah Fernandez beat Martina Trevisan (7-5, 6-3) and Jasmine Paolini (6-2, 6-3) to bring joy to Canada’s first final in the old World Cup. Federation.
The Tennis World Cup was captained by Stakusic for the Americans, who at 18 scored the biggest victory of their career to leave their country one step away from the title which the men’s team also won for the first time time last year in the Cup. Davis.
Stakusic held her own against the world number 43, a Treviso who reacted to a break against her to serve to close the set. The Canadian scored in the last three games to turn things around, but in the second set she outdid herself with a spectacular 6-3 after starting from the bottom.
Then, Leylah Fernandez, the other architect of the great Canadian week, extended her love affair with the tournament to take advantage of the option of giving the title to her country. Paolini was always at Leylah’s side who quickly decided to organize the first Women’s Tennis World Cup for Canada, which Seville will always remember.
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