Spain banishes the ghosts and advances to the semifinals of the Billie Jean King Cup

Spain puts an end to an 18-year curse. The Spanish team, captained by Carla Suárez, has managed to reach the semifinals of the Billie Jean King Cup after defeating Kazakhstan 2-1, which without Elena Rybakina gave Spain a tough challenge to secure their spot in the penultimate round. This was confirmed after Cristina Bucsa and Sara Sorribes performed well in the decisive doubles match against Anna Danilina and Zhibek Kulambayeva 6-2, 7-5,

Thus, the Spanish team moves on to the semifinals, where they will face one of the favorites for the title, the Czech Republic. Led by Linda Noskova, Wimbledon champion, and Marie Bouzkova, they will be a tough opponent, but after the experience with the Kazakhstan tie, the hope of the Spanish team remains intact.

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Bucsa and Sorribes saved 18 break points to give Spain the decisive point

Especially after a nail-biting doubles match in which Bucsa and Sorribes saved a total of 18 break points, most of them between the seventh and eleventh games of the second set. The first set was an absolute domination by the Spaniards (6-2). However, the second started uphill with a break against, 2-0 down, which could have worsened if they hadn't saved that break point that would have put them in a difficult 3-0 situation.

Not only did they withstand, but they also managed to level the set. However, at that moment, a trench warfare began where either side could win. The Kazakhs were very close to forcing a decisive third set with 3-3 and 5-5 with numerous break points. But the tenacity of the Spaniards prevailed over the erratic Danilina and Kulambayeva.

In addition to resisting, the pair who won bronze in the 2024 Paris Olympics sensed blood and intuited the morale drop of the Kazakhs to close a complicated tie and a match that had everything (6-2, 7-5), but in which the Spanish team managed to play better in the crucial moments.

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The tie began with an easy win for Jessica Bouzas (6-2, 6-2) against Sonja Zhiyenbayeva, ranked 384 in the WTA rankings. However, it complicated with the defeat of Cristina Bucsa against Yulia Putinsteva (6-2, 3-6, 6-1), but Bucsa remedied this with a great doubles victory alongside Torribes to return Spain to the top four women's teams in the world.

Now it's time to rest before preparing for a tough tie against a Czech Republic that, along with Italy, is a candidate for the Billie Jean King Cup title. But Spain will once again rely on courage and resilience to try to pull off an upset and, why not? fight for a title that has evaded them since 1998.

This is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, España termina con los fantasmas y ya está en las semis de la Billie Jean King Cup