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 | | First triumph in the Fed Cup for the United States for 17 years13.11.2017 |
The US team won the title of the Fed Cup tournament, an unofficial world tennis championship for women.
The Americans overcame Belarus with a 3-2 win over a key pair victory in the fifth game.
So the US team added a record 18th trophy in the tournament and the first in the last 17 years. For the last time the Americans triumphed with the title in 2000 after winning Spain by 5: 0.
In the first single today, Coco Vandeui beat Arina Saballenka with 7: 6 (5), 6: 1 and gave a 2-1 victory to the US and brought the team to a success.
US Open champion Sloan Stevens, however, made a move against Alexandra Sasnovich and lost a winning game. Stevens won the first set with 6: 4 and lost the second with 1: 6. In the third set, the American was serving to win the match at 5: 4, but broke through, and this kicked off as Sasnovich left Belarus in the game after 8: 6.
So the outcome of the game was resolved after a fifth pair match between Coco Vandewai and Shelby Rogers for the United States and Arina Sabbalenka and Sasnovich for Belarus. Both Vandewai and Rogers overcame two sets with 6: 3, 7: 6 (3) and brought the trophy for the US team.
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