Women’s national defeat Portugal in Billie Jean King Cup, Estonia advances

The women’s national team suffered their first defeat in the first group of the 2nd division of the Billie Jean King Cup against hosts Portugal 2-1, who finished 1st in the group and left the Greek team in 2nd place .

Greece got off to the best start in a duel with Portugal, with Valentini Grammatikopoulou beating Matilde Jorge with them 6-3, 6-2 She took a 1-0 lead and at the same time scored her third singles win in a row.

In the 2nd decisive game, Despina Papamichael fought hard against Jorge’s sister Francesca, who saw the loss 7-5, 7-6(3)Portugal made it 1-1 and victory went to doubles.

There Grammatikopoulou and Martha Matoula were defeated by the sisters Jorge me 6-2, 6-4 with Portugal the victory, but also the 1st place in the group.

They are met by the Estonian team, which finished 1st in the second group and lost only one set unbeaten, while the winning team got promoted to the 1st division. We remind you that in the Estonian delegation there is also Anet Kontaveit, who logically will meet Maria Sakkari.

The Greek tennis player has said she has yet to compete in the tournament due to an infection and it is unknown what condition she will be in for Big Saturday, with her participation being seen as doubtful.

Results

M. Monday 10 April

• Portugal 3-0 Israel
• Bosnia – Malta 2-1

M. Tuesday 11 April

• Greece 3-0 Israel
• Portugal 2-1 Malta

M. Wednesday 12 April

• Greece – Malta 2-1
• Bosnia – Portugal 1-2

M. Thursday 13 April

• Greece – Bosnia 2-1
• Israel-Malta 2-1

M. Friday 14 April

• Greece – Portugal 1-2
• Bosnia – Israel 3-0

program

M. Saturday 15 April

promotion games

• Portugal – Georgia
• Greece – Estonia

Places 5-8

• Bosnia-Kosovo
• Lithuania – Israel

relegation game

• Malta – South Africa

Final result (Group A)

1. Portugal: 4-0 (9-3)
2. Greece: 3: 1 (8: 4)
3. Bosnia: 2-2 (7-5)
4. Israel: 1-3 (2-10)
5. Malta: 0-4 (4-8)

Final score (Group B)

1. Estonia: 5-0 (14-1)
2. Georgia: 4-1 (10-5)
3. Lithuania: 3-2 (10-5)
4. Kosovo: 2-3 (5-10)
5. South Africa: 1-4 (3-12)
6. Ireland: 0-5 (3-12)

Source: Tennis24.gr.