RADOM, Poland – Elina Svitorina sent Ukraine for the Billy Jean King Cup final on Saturday, winning Swiss Jill Teiczman 6-4, 6-2 to level Swiss qualifying 1-1.
Ukraine has assured Tops that Group E will qualify for the tournament to be held at Deep Shenzhen in September. Switzerland needed a perfect record against Ukraine to advance. Ukraine won 2-1.
Spain also secured its spot in the final after Jessica Bouzas Maneiro defeated Czech 6-4, 6-2 Linda Noskova to win an unattackable 2-0 lead in the meeting.
Bernarda Pera defeated Denmark’s Johann Svensen to give the US a 2-0 lead in Group C.
Out of Japan, they saved two match points before defeating Romania’s ANCA TODONI 3-6, 7-6 (3), and 6-2, and won a meeting in Group A.