- After the defeat against the USA, it is clear that Switzerland will be eliminated from the Billie Jean King Cup after the group stage.
- Céline Naef (WTA 139) holds her own against Danielle Collins (WTA 55) for a long time, but still has to admit defeat 6:7 (4:7), 1:6.
- Viktorija Golubic (WTA 84) lost in three sets against Sofia Kenin (WTA 33).
The Swiss team cannot defend its title at the Billie Jean King Cup. After the defeat in the first singles of the second game against the USA, it was already clear that the Swiss tennis women would be eliminated in the preliminary round.
After losing 3-0 in the first group game against the Czech Republic on Tuesday, the Swiss also needed a 3-0 win against the USA to keep their small chance of reaching the semi-finals. Céline Naef (WTA 139) lost to the American Danielle Collins (WTA 55) 6:7 (4:7), 1:6.
Good approaches at Naef
As in her debut on Tuesday in the three-set defeat against Linda Noskova (WTA 41), the 18-year-old Naef showed a good performance, but missed too many chances. In the tiebreak of the first set, the Swiss led 4-1, but then last year’s Australian Open finalist added six points in a row.
Legend:
Brave performance, but still lost
Celine Naef.
AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
After that, the American was unstoppable with her risky but incredibly powerful attack tennis. After exactly one and three quarters of an hour, Heinz Günthardt’s team had also lost the fourth game in the hall in Seville.
Golubic also loses
Switzerland also lost out in the second individual. Viktorija Golubic (WTA 84) was only able to partially keep up with Sofia Kenin (WTA 33). The 31-year-old had to lose the first round 3:6 after being broken three times in a row. In the second set, Kenin turned things up and quickly made it 3-0 with a break.
The supposed decision – but Golubic fought back strongly. With the score at 4:5, she fended off two match points and made the break. After a convincing tiebreak (7:1), she won the second round.
In the third set everything stayed in line for a long time – until Kenin managed the ultimately decisive break to make it 6:5. In the previous game, Golubic had missed a match point.
This meant that Switzerland also lost the duel against the USA. In the sportingly meaningless doubles, Simona Waltert and Jil Teichmann ultimately lost to the duo Sloane Stephens/Taylor Townsend 1:6, 6:7 (3:7).