The national team debutant performed flawlessly in both of her matches at the Billie Jean King Cup
Second racket of Ukraine Angelina Kalinina shared her emotions after the victory Ukrainian national team over the team Netherlands in the playoff match Billie Jean King Cup.
“There are a lot of emotions now, I’m very grateful to all the fans for their support. Honestly, unexpected emotions. I am very glad and happy to play for the national team. Now it’s even difficult to find words; Dayana had a very difficult fight. Lots of emotions, great atmosphere and team.”
Let us remember that it was Kalinina who made a decisive contribution to the victory of the Ukrainian tennis team. She won both of her fights, against Susan Lamens and Arancha Rus, and did not give up a single set to her opponents. The decisive point for our team was brought by Dayana Yastremskaya, who won a strong-willed victory over Lamens.
For 26-year-old Kalinina, these matches were her debut as part of the adult Ukrainian tennis team.
Note that the first racket of Ukraine Elina Svitolina took a break after leaving the US Open-2023. It was reported that she was experiencing problems with her foot, which is why she performed at the event with an untreated injury. Svitolina has already announced her return to the Australian Open 2024.
In addition to Elina, the team did not include three other representatives of the top 5 national rankings – Lesya Tsurenko, Marta Kostyuk and Katerina Beindl.
Having defeated the Netherlands, our team qualified for the Billie Jean King Cup, which will take place in 2024.
Source: Sportarena
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