MALAGA, Spain — Slovakia adopted up its win over the USA with a 2-0 victory over Australia to succeed in the semifinals of the Billie Jean King Cup finals on Sunday.
Rebecca Sramkova cruised to a 6-1, 6-2 win over Ajla Tomljanovic to clinch Slovakia the victory after Viktoria Hruncakova rallied to defeat Kimberly Birrell 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-3 for her sixth straight BJK Cup win counting singles and doubles.
Slovakia had crushed the U.S. — the competitors’s most profitable nation — within the first spherical of the finals in Malaga.
Iga Swiatek’s Poland, looking for its first title, will face Italy within the semifinals.
Final yr, the Italians had been runner-up to defending champion Canada, which faces Nice Britain within the different quarterfinal on Sunday.
