Swiatek sends Poland into BJK Cup finals, Italy and Spain advance

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Poland's world number one Iga Swiatek handed Romania's Andreea Prisacariu a double bagel en route to victory in their Billie Jean King Cup qualifier on Saturday, securing a 3-0 win in the tie and a spot in November's finals for the first time.

Swiatek, who put her country up 2-0 on Friday's opening day by thrashing Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-1 6-0 for an 18th straight win, continued to stamp her authority on the tie as the 20-year-old broke Prisacariu six times in Radom, Poland.

"I'm really proud. I was really working hard for that. Even though I didn't play last year, I feel it's been a long journey and it took us a few years to progress step by step and qualify for the finals," Swiatek said after her 6-0 6-0 victory.

"It just shows what a strong team we are. Hopefully in the finals we're going to show even more progress and we're going to succeed."

Joining Poland in the finals are Kazakhstan, who beat visitors Germany 3-0 with Elena Rybakina coming from a set down to get past three-times Grand Slam champion Angelique Kerber 4-6 6-3 7-5 in Nur-Sultan.

Harriet Dart kept Britain's hopes alive against Czech Republic by levelling the tie at 2-2, claiming her first singles victory in the competition with a 6-0 5-7 6-2 win over 16-year-old Linda Fruhvirtova.

The 25-year-old Dart looked to be cruising to victory in the second set before Fruhvirtova saved two match points, but she dug deep to take the tie to a doubles decider.

Earlier, Britain's U.S. open champion Emma Raducanu lost 6-1 6-1 against 2019 French Open runner-up Marketa Vondrousova in Prague after struggling with blisters on her right foot.

"I definitely think I gave my team a little bit of a heart attack," Dart said. "It's natural that I was a bit nervous