Canada beat hosts Spain, Italy defeat France in BJK Cup
The Hindu
Canada sweep Spain 3-0 in Billie Jean King Cup opener. Rookie Stakusic wins first top 100 match. Italy beat France 2-1, Trevisan and Paolini victorious in singles. Garcia and Mladenovic win doubles for France. Italy have now won five of last seven meetings.
Canada swept hosts Spain 3-0 in the Billie Jean King Cup finals on Wednesday, to get off to a strong start in Group C.
Earlier, Italy scored an impressive 2-1 win over France in their opening Group D tie, winning both singles rubbers.
Canadian rookie Marina Stakusic, 18, beat Rebeka Masarova 6-3, 6-1 in a brilliant display, before Leylah Fernandez edged Sara Sorribes 7-6 (10/8), 7-6 (9/7) to clinch the tie.
Stakusic, ranked 258th in the world, made light work of Masarova, who is 65th for her first victory over a top 100 player.
"I feel amazing, I'm super happy with my performance today, I just tried to have great energy from the beginning and just show I belong here," said Stakusic.
"It's my best victory for sure... the Canadian fans motivated me so much today, and the Spanish fans too, I like any noise. For me it was very motivating."
As impressive as Stakusic was, Masarova made 33 unforced errors and was far from her best.
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