Tennis, King Cup: Italy in Glasgow with Canada and Switzerland

The groups of the Billie Jean King Cup Finals have been drawn, with the blue captained by Tathiana Garbin who will take the field from 8 to 13 November at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow. In the preliminary round of last April in Alghero the national team composed of Camila Giorgi, Jasmine Paolini, Martina Trevisan, Lucia Bronzetti and Elisabetta Cocciaretto won 3-1 over France (represented by Cornet, Dodin, Tan, and Mladenovic) winning a place to the decisive phase of the team competition.

The opponents

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The 12 nations that will take part in the Finals have been drawn into four groups of three teams, with the winners from each group competing in the semi-finals. The matches of the BJK Cup Finals will take place on the fast indoor and together with Italy, in Group A, the national teams of Switzerland and Canada have been drawn, which see respectively in the Olympic gold Belinda Bencic and in the finalist of the Us Open Leylah Fernandez the representatives more insidious.

Captain

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Tathiana Garbin was confident at the time of the draw, despite a rather complicated group: “It’s a difficult group. Switzerland can count on Bencic and Teichmann who are really in great shape”, admitted the home coach Italy. “Canada, on the other hand, has Fernandez and Andreescu, although then it will be necessary to see who will actually play. In any case, I am confident because I am convinced that my girls with the national team can find additional resources that they may not always find when they play tournaments. “.

The others

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As for the remaining groups, the national teams of Australia, Slovakia and Belgium were drawn in group B. In Group C, on the other hand, we find Spain, Kazakhstan and Great Britain. Finally, group D sees the presence of the Czech Republic, the USA and Poland. In the semifinals the winner of Group A, in which Italy is located, will face the winner of Group D while the winner of Group B will be opposed to the winner of Group C.