MALAGA, Spain — Slovakia adopted up its win over america with a 2-0 victory over Australia to succeed in the semifinals of the Billie Jean King Cup finals on Sunday.
Rebecca Sramkova cruised to a 6-1, 6-2 win over Ajla Tomljanovic to clinch Slovakia the victory after Viktoria Hruncakova rallied to defeat Kimberly Birrell 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-3 for her sixth straight BJK Cup win (counting singles and doubles).
Slovakia had overwhelmed the U.S. — the competitors’s most profitable nation — within the first spherical of the finals in Malaga.
Iga Swiatek‘s Poland, in search of its first title, will face Italy within the semifinals.
Final 12 months, the Italians had been runners-up to defending champion Canada, which fell to Nice Britain within the different quarterfinal Sunday.
