Harriet Dart showed more Billie Jean King Cup results
Leveling Great Britain with Australia and producing a crucial double gum in the semi-finals in Glasgow.
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After their surprise and impressive victory over Spain on Thursday to reach the semi-finals for the first time since 1981, Anne Kosavon’s side were 4-6, 7-6 (3) in their final match. Defeated Heather Watson. Fight Storm Sanders – Chance Saloon Again..
But Dart secured one of the best wins of her career by beating Paula Badosa in 13th, and she beat Ajla Tomljanovic in 33rd to the delight of the huge crowd at Emirates Stadium.
Tomjanovic
29, who retired at the US Open and is having the best season of his career, is Dart’s third major opponent of the week.
She got off to a slow start
However, and Dart took advantage, going on base against Badossa and making it 3-0.
Tomjanovic found her within reach
But the English No. 2 held onto the lead until the pressure on her serve robbed her of the advantage at 5-3.
She missed Tomjanovic’s serve in the next game
But the Australian struggled to shed her reputation as a player who struggled in big moments after a poor performance in the tie-break. .
A 17-5 record at darts showed just how well the 26-year-old played as she broke serve again in the second set to get off to a perfect start.
Tomljanovic looked frustrated as a series of errors saw Dart break again at 4-1 with no turning back.
Watson denied feeling the pressure of expectations on a significantly lower-ranked player
Saying instead that the early start of the game – with England playing in the evening before – hit her.
But whatever the reason
It was clear from the start that this wasn’t the same Watson who nearly fumbled in Thursday’s 6-0, 6-2 win over Nuria Parriza’s Diaz.
Sanders
Who never cracked the top 100, is down to 237, but at her best, she’s clearly a better player, with two confident individual victories this week.
As a top 10 doubles player
She immediately put pressure on Watson and broke serve in the third game. Her clever tactics made her opponent unable to find any rhythm.
Saunders initially seemed unwell after a medical timeout to treat her right hip area at the end of the first set, but Watson missed a chance to take a 3-0 lead in the second set and from there scored the Australian her. rise again..
« I’m really disappointed that I couldn’t get the result I wanted for the team today, but I did my best, » Watson said. « It’s still a good game. »
💡 Resources and references
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