Anabel Medina, captain of the Spanish women’s tennis team, sees the players who will participate in the ‘Billie Jean King Cup’ “training very hard and highly motivated”, and assured that “they are having very good feelings” in an interview with EFE.
On November 1, the Billie Jean King Cup, formerly known as the Federacin Cup, will start in Prague (Czech Republic). Medina have a team of five tennis players, led by Carla surez, in which finally neither Paula Badosa nor Garbie Muguruza will be there due to incompatibility in the calendar.
To make up for the losses of Badosa and Muguruza, the captain called newcomer Rebeka Masarova and Aliona Bolsava. They complete the combined Sara Sorribes and the debutant too Nuria Parrizas.
“We face the casualties looking forward. It is true that both Garbie and Paula are two great players and that within the team they were important figures, but once I knew they weren’t going to be with us, we started working on looking ahead. The good thing about Spain is that it has great players. We are here with a lot of desire, wanting to do things very well and working very hard. I am very grateful to the players who have been in previous qualifiers – and they have allowed us to reach the finals of the World Championship – and to the players that I have now. I think we are approaching it in a very positive way, “he said.
Bouzas (Pontevedra) is only 19 years old but Medina promises him a great future ” Jessica It has been a very good year, it has finished among the 350 best in the world. She is a player who is being supported by the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation, because we consider that she has a good level and has the characteristics and qualities to be a good player“said Medina.” It brings a lot of youth and freshness. He immediately jokes with everyone, besides that he works very well and has a good level to do the sparring function, “he added.
Very good feelings
The Spanish captain has very good feelings for the competition. “The sensations are very good, we have had a couple of days of adaptation. It is a surface that we already know, all indoor competitions are on this wood that makes the effect of hard court and the truth that it’s not very fastSo you can play well, “he explained.” I see the girls training hard and highly motivated. The truth is that they are having very good feelings, “he insisted.
I see the girls training hard and highly motivated
Spain is in Group C together with Slovakia and the United States. “In our group I think there is no favorite team, we are all very even. This format is different, it changes all the rules of the game and you have to be very focused.
It is important that we focus on the group stage, they are difficult knockouts. We will have to see what passes happen and from there see what happens, but the important thing now is to focus on the group stage and work on it, “he said.
Be the farewell to the tracks of Carla Surez. “It was very important to me that he was on the team. In fact, Knowing that he had in mind to retire after the US Open, she was one of the first I spoke to on the subject of being on the team. She wanted him to know as soon as possible so that she would be prepared and so that if she wanted to play, she would stay in shape. She is a player with a lot of experience, who has given a lot to the Spanish team and who loves to play this competition, besides that she can contribute a lot to the team, “he acknowledged.
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