2024-04-13 22:21:04
The bet on concentrating all the forces for the first three games did not pay off for the Latvian women’s tennis team, which could not be helped by the leader Alona Ostapenko in the singles matches against Greece on Thursday in the Billie Jean King Cup. After the 0-3 loss, only theoretical hopes remain to win the fourth place in the Euro-African zone, which will ensure participation in the playoffs to the world group. In the last match of the tournament, Latvian tennis players will play against Denmark on Saturday.
The top contenders in Oeiras used different tactics to win one of the top four spots in the tournament. In the first games of the tournament, the Greek team spared its leader, the world’s sixth racket Maria Sakari, who did not participate in the first game against Sweden, a day later against Serbia she played only a doubles game, and in the third match against Norway she played only a singles game. Meanwhile, Ostapenko, the leading player of the Latvian national team, played three singles and two doubles matches in the first three days of the tournament, playing a total of thirteen sets.
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2024-04-13 22:21:04