Teichmann accuses Russia of cheating to win

Hours after the Russian Federation was proclaimed champion on Saturday in Prague of the new Billie Jean King Cup Finals, as the Federation Cup has been known since last year, Jil Teichmann, one of the players of the team that lost the final, Switzerland, posted a controversial tweet accusing the Russians of cheating. “Is it a compliment if your opponent has to cheat to win you? 10 minutes before leaving …”, he wrote citing the accounts of the tournament, the Swiss Federation and his partner Belinda Bencic.

The fact is that Russia had nominated Daria Kasatkina and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to face Teichmann and Bencic, respectively. And after Kasatkina’s victory against Teichmann, he changed Pavlyuchenkova for Liudmila Samsonova. claiming that the first was injured. Nothing that violates the rules of the competition, which allow these changes in the event of forced resignation of any of the tennis players.

The point is that Teichmann’s message doubts that Russia did not know that Pavyuchenkova was touched before announcing the nominations. That way, Samsonova would have faced Teichmann and Kasatkina against Bencic. Jil was criticized on Twitter for her message. “Do you think if you had played Samsonova you would have won it when Belinda couldn’t? Work harder next time.”, answered a fan.