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Four-time champions Italy are first in s-finals
November 17, 2024
|The Straits Times
Italy became the first team to qualify for the Billie Jean King Cup semi-finals on Nov 16 as Jasmine Paolini won in singles and doubles to claim a 2-1 victory over Japan.
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Ena Shibahara won the opening singles after recovering to beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, but French Open and Wimbledon runner-up Paolini levelled the tie with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Moyuka Uchijima.
World No. 4 Paolini then teamed up with Sara Errani to defeat Shuko Aoyama and Eri Hozumi 6-3, 6-4 in the decisive doubles rubber in Malaga.
Italy, who lost the 2023 final to Canada, will meet either Poland - led by five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek - or 11-time champions Czech Republic in the semi-finals.
The Italians have won the competition four times, the last in 2013.
On Nov 15, world No. 2 Swiatek defeated Paula Badosa 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-1 to take Poland into the quarter-finals with a 2-0 victory over hosts Spain.
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