Jasmine Paolini and Lucia Bronzetti powered Italy past Slovakia in the final, while Emma Raducanu reflected on a ‘great’ run despite Britain’s semi-final defeat
Jasmine Paolini put on a masterclass to steer Italy to a fifth Billie Jean King Cup title as she beat Rebecca Sramkova 6-2, 6-1 in the second singles rubber to wrap up a 2-0 win over Slovakia in the final on Wednesday.
“It’s unbelievable, amazing, I don’t have words to describe how I feel right now, it’s just incredible,” an emotional Paolini said on court. “I think we played an unbelievable week and I’m so proud of how we did it in every match. I’m very happy that this year we finally were able to bring the title back to Italy.”
“I think last year Leylah played really well, she played better than me. That’s the way it is sometimes in sports,” Paolini said. “Today when I stepped on court I told myself that I was going to give 100% … if you win, you win. But if you lose you have to accept that. We are going to fight for every ball and today it went well for us.”
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