The 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Juniors Finals knockout spherical wrapped up this previous week in Antalya, Turkey with the Canadians competing within the positional playoffs.
Whereas the workforce struggled within the spherical robin stage, inserting fourth in Group C with three tight losses, they managed to discover a run of kind in the direction of the tip of occasion with consecutive victories.
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After dropping their first playoff comfort tie to Korea 2-0, Canada shifted to the thirteenth to sixteenth play-off bracket. Opening towards Egypt, the Canadians asserted themselves shortly.
Anna Tabunshchyk kicked off singles play by profitable the primary rubber comfortably, defeating Sara Saad 6-2, 6-3. With an early 1-0 lead, top-ranked Canadian junior Nadia Lagaev stored the foot on the gasoline pedal, powering previous Egypt’s Judy Tawila 6-2, 6-4 to safe the tie. Lagaev and Tabunshchyk then teamed up in doubles and capped a 3-0 sweep over the Egyptians, defeating Tawila and Rahaf Mostafa 6-2, 6-3.
The victory pushed the workforce into the thirteenth place play-off towards Staff Italy, and the Canadians shuffled their Line 1 to open play. Charlize Celebrini of B.C. competed within the first singles rubber and overcame a comeback effort from Fabiolo Marino, ultimately defeating the Italian 6-0, 4-6, 10-5 to present Canada the early 1-0 lead. Lagaev then took over within the second singles rubber, cruising previous Ilary Pistola 6-2, 6-0 to clinch the victory for the squad.
In the principle draw, the Individuals continued their dominance on the occasion, profitable the Junior Billie Jean King Cup for the sixth time since 2017.
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