(ats) The Swiss team will be led by the world no. 7 Belinda Bencic in the Swiss Tennis Arena. Jil Teichmann (WTA 68), Viktorija Golubic (WTA 76), Stefanie Vögele (WTA 117) and Timea Bacsinszky (WTA 180) also accepted their selection.
On the Canadian side, uncertainty remains regarding Bianca Andreescu (WTA 6). The winner of the last US Open gave up the Australian Open due to knee pain. In his absence, the role of leader of the maple leaf training would fall to the Roland-Garros junior champion Leylah Annie Fernandez (WTA 207) or to the “revenante” Eugenie Bouchard (WTA 212).
The winner of this match will qualify for the first final round of the Fed Cup, scheduled for Budapest from April 14 to 19. “We present ourselves with our best guys to beat Canada. We have set ourselves the goal of going to Hungary to take part in the fight for the world title,” said Heinz Günthardt in the press release from Swiss Tennis.
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