Swiatek powers Poland to Billie Jean King Cup finals
RADOM, Poland (AP) — Poland reached the Billie Jean King Cup finals for the first time after top-ranked Iga Swiatek overpowered Andreea Prisacariu of Romania 6-0, 6-0 on Saturday.
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Emma Raducanu says she 'couldn't move' in her Billie Jean King Cup qualifier defeat to Marketa Vondrousova
Emma Raducanu said a foot blister made her feel «completely redundant» as she slipped to a heavy defeat to Marketa Vondrousova in the Billie Jean Cup qualifiers. Raducanu had earned Great Britain their first point of the tie by beating Tereza Martincova on her professional clay-court debut on Friday, but went down 6-1, 6-1 to Vondrousova in Prague as GB fell 2-1 behind following Harriet Dart's loss to the same opponent on Friday.
Raducanu wins maiden Billie Jean King Cup match; Dart defeated
Emma Raducanu has made a winning start to her Billie Jean King Cup career and won her first professional match on clay with a 7-5 7-5 victory over Czech Republic's Tereza Martincova.
Emma Raducanu and team-mates hope Britain’s challenge does not slide away
Emma Raducanu has already sacrificed her toenails in the Great Britain cause as she prepares for another new experience in Prague.
US Open champ Emma Raducanu loses toenails after intense clay court training
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'It’s pretty insane' - Emma Raducanu pleased to win her first pro match on clay in the Billie Jean King Cup
Emma Raducanu said it was «pretty insane” to her to win her first professional match on clay as she levelled for Great Britain against Czech Republic in the Billie Jean Cup qualifying in Prague. The US Open champion beat Tereza Martincova 7-5 7-5 to level the tie at 1-1 as Great Britain bid to be a part of November’s main draw. Ad/> Harriet Dart had earlier lost 6-1 6-0 to Marketa Vondrousova, but Raducanu drew her nation level in her first match representing GB.
Swiatek stretches win streak to 18 at Billie Jean King Cup
Iga Swiatek marked her first match as world number one with an 18th straight victory as she steered Poland closer to the Billie Jean King Cup Finals on Friday. The 20-year-old swept past 123rd-ranked Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-1, 6-0 in just 55 minutes on the back of five service breaks as the Poles opened a 2-0 lead over Romania in their qualifier in Radom. Swiatek went into the qualifier on a hot streak, putting together 17 successive wins on her way to titles in Doha, Indian Wells and Miami.
Emma Raducanu's teammates "a little scarred" by Brit's latest injury
Emma Raducanu marked her clay court debut on Friday with an emphatic win in her first Billie Jean King Cup appearance.