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Van Uytvanck on his absence from the Billie Jean King Cup: “I refuse to answer”

Alison By Uytvanck (WTA 61) failed to forge the feat Thursday night in the round of 16 of the Transylvania Open, the WTA 250 hard tournament in Cluj-Napoca, endowed with 235,238 dollars, in Romania. The 27-year-old Grimbergeoise lost 6-3 and 6-4 against the Estonian Anett Contact knife (WTA 14), 25, seeded No. 2 in the table, and still vying for last place at the WTA Finals, the Masters, in Guadalajara, from November 10 to 17.

It was a tough game“, she confided to Belga after her defeat.”Kontaveit is in good shape, but for my part, I consider that I did not play very well. I made a few too many mistakes. It’s a shame, because even though I didn’t feel I was well in the match, it was still hanging on. She is a player who can generate quite a bit of power and has a very solid backhand. So I too had to try to be aggressive and bring variety to destabilize her, but it was not easy. I should have played 20% better and the game would have been completely different.

The question, however, which interested the Belgian tennis world concerned the absence of Alison Van Uytvanck from the Fed Cup team which will participate next week in Prague in the finals of the Billie Jean King Cup. Belgian n ° 2, the native of Vilvorde had her place, but after a discussion with the captain Johan By Herck, she chose to decline the invitation.

Why am I not playing in Fed Cup? I refuse to answer this question“, explained the Grimbergeoise, while the rumor suggests that the pause of his relationship with his companion Greet Memories (WTA 69) – the two were engaged – would be the cause of his decision, the Campinoise appearing, she, in the team.

On the other hand, she was still kind enough to unveil the rest and end of her program for this 2021 season. “I will play one more last tournament, in Linz (Editor’s note: from November 6 to 12). Then it will be over for this year“, she concluded.

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