MADRID, 13 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The tennis player from Castellón Sara Sorribes will be in charge of opening the qualifier for the Billie Jean King Cup Finals against Mexico, which will be held between this Friday and Saturday at the Puente Romano Tennis Club in Marbella (Málaga), according to the draw held. this Thursday.
The captain of the Spanish team Anabel Medina opted for the search for the always important first point due to Sorribes’ experience in this competition, despite the fact that the Levantine player returned to the slopes last week in Bogotá after five months of injury. On the Colombian clay, the Spanish showed good feelings and reached the quarterfinals after adding two victories.
The one from Castellón has a balance of five wins and four losses in singles in the BJKC, 4-2 on clay, the surface chosen for this tie, and that she will try to increase against a rival that has never been measured and that is the current 191 of the WTA ranking.
After her match, scheduled for 12:00 noon, it will be the turn of the team’s number one, Nuria Párrizas from Granada, who will face Renata Zarazúa, number 277 in the world, in what will be her fifth match in search of breaking the tie. between wins and losses against a rival who won their only match between the two, in an ITF tournament in 2018 in which they withdrew after losing the first set 6-1.
For Saturday, the pairings would be exchanged if there are no changes from the captaincies, with the Andalusian opening against Contreras and the Castellón playing against Zarazúa. The double initially chosen by Anabel Medina and who would be in charge of deciding in the event of a tie on points in the singles will be the one formed by Rebeka Masarova and Marina Bassols, who would face Marcela Zacarías and Giuliana Olmos, who is the current six in the world of the specialty.