Tennis star Iga Swiatek helped Poland defeat five-time champion Spain 2-0 to guarantee their spot in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals’ round of eight in Malaga.
Swiatek, currently ranked second in the world, defeated Paula Badosa of Spain with a final score of 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-1 in the second singles match. Furthermore, in a three-hour-and-fifty-one-minute match, Magda Linette had earlier placed Poland ahead by defeating Sara Sorribes Tormo 7-6 (8-6), 2-6, 6-4.
Swiatek said: “I wouldn’t say that I pushed us to the quarter-finals, because Magda pushed us to the quarter-finals, so we did it together.”
She added: “I’m glad that we won a match as Team Poland. I felt like it was my best match since the US Open… I knew that I could come back in the third set and try to win it for Poland.”
Poland have never won the BJK Cup in its 61-year history. This is the first time Poland have advanced to the quarter-finals under the current format. In the round of eight, they will battle the Czech Republic, who have won the event eleven times.
Source: BBC