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Emma Raducanu received on her Billie Jean King Cup debut to present Britain a vital level of their qualifier in opposition to the Czech Republic with a hard-fought 7-5 7-5 win over Tereza Martincova in windy situations in Prague on Friday.
U.S. Open champion Raducanu, 19, was enjoying her first skilled match on clay and progressively adjusted to the floor as she battled again in each units to stage the best-of-five tie after Harriet Dart misplaced 6-1 6-0 to Marketa Vondrousova.
Raducanu was trailing 4-5 and saved a set level earlier than profitable three video games on the bounce to take the opening set. She then discovered herself 1-4 down however rallied to win six of the final seven video games to shut out the win.
“This one means a lot to me as a result of it’s my first match within the Billie Jean King Cup and representing the crew in my first match on clay,” stated Raducanu, whose final match on clay was on the 2019 junior French Open.
“Taking part in on clay took some adjusting even now. With the wind and a few difficult bounces, to regulate and adapt within the state of affairs was very difficult however I’m happy with how I dug in.”
In her first match as world primary, Iga Swiatek helped Poland take a 2-0 lead over Romania with a dominant 6-1 6-0 victory over Mihaela Buzarnescu, hitting 16 winners to wrap up the victory in 55 minutes.
Earlier, Elena Rybakina dispatched Laura Siegemund 6-0 6-1 in simply over an hour after Yulia Putintseva upset three-time Grand Slam winner Angelique Kerber with a 3-6 6-3 6-2 comeback win to present Kazakhstan a 2-0 lead over Germany.
One of the best-of-five qualifiers function two singles matches on Friday adopted by two on Saturday together with one doubles rubber.
The winners will seal a spot on the finals in November, with the losers advancing to a playoff tie.
Belgium have already superior to the finals after receiving a walkover as a consequence of opponents Belarus being suspended from worldwide crew competitions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Belarus is a key staging space for the invasion, which Russia calls a “particular operation”.
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