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☆ Switzerland beat Australia to win first Billie Jean King Cup title
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The teams also clashed in the semi-finals of last year's event in Prague, where Teichmann overcame Sanders and Bencic defeated Tomljanovic before Switzerland went on to finish runners-up to Russia. Seven-times winners Australia had beaten hosts Britain in the semi-final and were seeking their first title since 1974. Australia had replaced the Russian team in this year's competition after the country was banned from defending its Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup titles following its Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine. Switzerland became the 12th different country to win the tournament, formerly known as the Fed Cup, and the first new champions since Italy in 2006. "You saw how many close points there were, who knows why we win some and lose some.

☆ Swiss beat Canada, Czechs trounce Americans to reach BJK Cup semi-finals
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Rory Carroll | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Golubic hit back to beat former U.S. Open champion Bianca Andreescu 2-6 6-3 6-4 before Bencic beat Leylah Fernandez 6-0 7-5 to give last year's runners-up an unassailable lead. Friday's clash between the Swiss and the Canadians was effectively a group decider after both teams beat Italy. Golubic replaced Jil Teichmann and initially the switch appeared to be backfiring for the Swiss as Andreescu ran away with the opening set. Bencic then came out all guns blazing against Fernandez to race through the opening set, but the Canadian dug deep in an absorbing second set before Bencic wrapped up victory. Gauff never quite found her form in the second set, putting up 19 unforced errors as a near-flawless Siniakova never faced a break and roared with triumph after closing the affair 7-6(1) 6-1 for the 2018 champions.

☆ Bencic leads Switzerland past Italy, Slovakia beat Belgium
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nov 9 (Reuters) - Belinda Bencic led Switzerland to victory over Italy in their opening Billie Jean King Cup tie on Wednesday while Slovakia bounced back from a tough loss to Australia to defeat Belgium and get their campaign back on track. Earlier, Viktoria Kuzmova and Anna Karolina Schmiedlova won their singles ties to help secure a 2-1 victory over Belgium in their final Group B tie. Schmiedlova sealed the tie for Slovakia in a tenacious 5-7 6-2 6-3 win over Maryna Zanevska before the doubles pairing of Elise Mertens and Kirsten Flipkens got Belgium on the board with a crushing 6-0 6-3 win over Kuzmova and Mihalikova. The United States will take on Poland in Group D while Spain face Kazakhstan in Group C later on Wednesday. Reporting by Hritika Sharma in Bengaluru Editing by Toby DavisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Tursunov opted against working with Raducanu due to 'red flags'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Oct 27 (Reuters) - Dmitry Tursunov said he decided not to continue coaching Emma Raducanu at the end of a trial period with the former U.S. Open champion as they could not agree terms and there were "red flags" he could not ignore. Raducanu won the U.S. Open title in 2021 but has since fallen to 76th in the WTA rankings. The 19-year-old Briton has been without a full-time coach since splitting with German Torben Beltz in April and spent some time this year working with Tursunov. The Russian left Raducanu's camp at the end of their trial period and is now coaching Olympic champion Belinda Bencic. We didn't agree on the terms and there were some red flags that just couldn't be ignored," he told tennismajors.com in an interview published on Wednesday.

☆ Emma Raducanu's former coach says he left because of 'red flags'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Dmitry Tursunov says he decided to stop coaching Emma Raducanu at the end of his trial period with the tennis star because of “red flags” that he could not ignore. Tursunov is now working with Olympic champion Belinda Bencic but says that was not the reason he left Raducanu. “We didn’t agree on the terms and there were some red flags that just couldn’t be ignored. “First of all, she’s absolutely great, she’s a hard worker and she doesn’t think or act like she’s a superstar,” he added. “Of course, it’s hard to say that and it’s hard for people to understand how it is possible because she already won the US Open.

☆ Gauff, Garcia into WTA Finals after Sabalenka defeat in Guadalajara
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Tennis - WTA 1000 - Guadalajara Open - Guadalajara, Mexico - October 19, 2022 Coco Gauff of the U.S. in action during her second round match against Italy's Elisabetta Cocciaretto REUTERS/Henry RomeroOct 19 (Reuters) - Coco Gauff and Caroline Garcia qualified for the eight-player WTA Finals after Aryna Sabalenka lost to Liudmila Samsonova in the Guadalajara Open second round on Wednesday. The WTA Finals featuring the world's top eight players start on Oct. 31. Despite the loss, Sabalenka has not been eliminated from making the elite eight, according to the WTA. Fifth seed Gauff was not at her best but was still good enough to see off Italy's Elisabetta Cocciaretto 7-6(1) 6-3. Danielle Collins and Jelena Ostapenko, who both have an outside shot of making the WTA Finals, won their second round matches on Wednesday, while other hopefuls including Madison Keys, Belinda Bencic and top seed Paula Badosa play later.

☆ Jucătorii de tenis blocaţi în camerele de hotel din Melbourne, au găsit metode ingenioase de a exersa
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-17 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Jucătorii de tenis blocaţi în camerele de hotel din Melbourne dau dovadă de ingeniozitate.Cei 47 de sportivi, participanți la Australian Open, plasaţi în izolare, s-au plâns că le-a fost interzis să se antreneze în următoarele două săptămâni, dar până la urmă s-au obișnuit cu ideea și s-au adaptat situației.Arina Sabalenka a găsit o modalitate de a se antrena. Ea s-a filmat în camera de hotel cum bate mingea de geam. Același lucru, doar că puțin mai diferit, l-a făcut elvețianca Belinda Bencic.La o altă soluție a apelat tenismena din Rusia, Iulia Putințev. Ea a lovit minge de mobilierul din cameră.Tenismena din Tunisia, Ons Jabeur, și-a dat seama că patul nu este util doar pentru somn, dar și pentru un scurt antrenament.Tenismanul Pablo Cuevas și-a lipit salteaua de fitness pe unul dintre pereții camerei și a început la fel să exerseze.Participanții de la Australian Open au fost izolați după ce la bordul a două din cele cinci avioane închiriate special pentru jucătorii care vin să joace la Melbourne au fost depistați pozitiv mai mulți pasageri.Primul turneu de Mare Șlem din acest an se va desfășura în perioada 8-21 februarie.

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☆ Simona Halep şi-a consolidat poziţia a doua în clasamentul WTA după titlul cucerit la Roma
▼ + stars: | 2020-09-22 | by ( ) tvrmoldova.md time to read: +3 min

Românca Simona Halep şi-a consolidat poziţia a doua în clasamentul mondial al jucătoarelor profesioniste de tenis (WTA), dat publicităţii luni, după ce a câştigat titlul în turneul Premier 5 de la Roma, potrivit Agerpres. La dublu, Raluca Olaru a urcat 15 poziţii şi se află pe 40, în urma finalei de la Roma. În ierarhia WTA Race la simplu, pentru Turneul Campioanelor, Simona Halep a urcat de pe cinci pe trei, fiind devansată de Naomi Osaka şi Sofia Kenin, cele două campioane de Mare Şlem de anul acesta. Simona Halep (România) 7.2553 (3). Simona Halep 2.5304 (3).

Persons: Românca Simona Halep, Roland Garros, Patricia Ţig, Irina, Sorana, Ana Bogdan, Irina Bara, Raluca Olaru, Simona Halep, Naomi, Ashleigh, Karolina Pliskova, Elina, Sofia, Bianca Andreescu, Kiki, Serena Williams, Belinda, Patricia Maria, Ana Bogdan 755, Mihaela, Monica Niculescu, Elena, Gabriela, Laura Ioana, Nicoleta Dascălu, Alexandra, Barbora, Kristina Mladenovic, Timea, Arina, Elise Mertens, Yifan, Gabriela Dabrowski, Katerina Siniakova, Andreea Mitu 756, Garbine, Petra Kvitova, Jennifer Brady, Elena Rîbakina, Ana Bogdan 339 Organizations: Agerpres, Halep, Turneul Locations: Roma, - Mer, Naomi Osaka, Sofia, Australia, România, Japonia, Cehia, Ucraina, SUA, Canada, Olanda, Hsieh, Taiwan, Franţa, Ungaria, Belarus, Belgia, China, Azarenka, Spania, Kazahstan

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