Tennis News: Belinda Bencic and Jil Teichmann fought hard to overcome the Italian team’s persistence in the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup (Fed Cup) Finals season.
Teichman put Switzerland ahead with a 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 victory over Elisabetta Cocciaretto, before Bencic completed the lead with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Jasmine Paolini.
Both players then returned to the pitch steadfast after beating Paolini and Martina Trevisan 7-6, 6-1 as Switzerland beat Italy 3-0 in the Billie Jean King Cup Group A final. .
While other teams have doubles specialists, the Swiss are spoiled for choice, but team captain Heinz Gunthardt combines more Bencic and Teichmann.
Despite all the final classification, the Swiss team had to fight against Italy, not to mention Teichmann who had to come back after falling behind with a match point before taking the victory within 3 hours.
“I feel good,” exclaimed Teichmann. “I feel very happy, very relieved to have obtained this important point for our team. I knew it was going to be a difficult fight.”
Asked what ultimately made the difference, Teichmann replied, “Faith, instinct and that’s about it. You have a team that supports you at all times and you want to win for them. It’s not about you. That’s why, it’s really point by point and I’m going to do it for them. I also saw the trophy in the corner of the room. We were very close last season. I take everything as motivation.”
Bencic entered the pitch knowing victory over Paolini would put Switzerland 2-0 up and he started by breaking the Italian. The crucial moment came when he was two points away from losing the first set at 4-5. But he leveled the game and snatched the last three games.
The second set went much better for Tokyo Olympic champion Bencic after breaking Paolini three times.
After playing a lot of tennis, you would think that the Swiss team will be exhausted. But the message from the Tokyo Olympic champion is clear: “We are now looking forward to Team Canada.
Article tags: Tennis, Billie Jean King Cup, Belinda Bencic, Jil Teichman
Published by Ligaolahraga.com at https://www.ligaolahraga.com/tenis/belinda-hatec-complete-kemenangan-swiss-kontra-italia-di-glasgow
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