SEVILLE, Spain — Canada's Marina Stakusic upset Spain's Rebeka Masarova 6-3, 6-1 in the opening match for both teams Wednesday at the Billie Jean King Cup Finals. Stakusic, an 18-year-old native of Mississauga, Ont.
SEVILLE, Spain — Canada's Marina Stakusic upset Spain's Rebeka Masarova 6-3, 6-1 in the opening match for both teams Wednesday at the Billie Jean King Cup Finals.
The Canadian kept the pressure on with strong ground strokes and an effective net game. She also snuffed out any opportunities that the Spaniard had to establish some momentum. The best-of-three tie will conclude with a doubles match. Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and Fernandez were scheduled to play Cristina Busca and Marina Bassols.Canada is scheduled to continue Group C round-robin play Thursday against Poland. Spain and Poland were scheduled to play Friday.
Fernandez, who reached the U.S. Open final in 2021, had a mediocre season this year but her play picked up this fall. Her first WTA Tour title of the season came at last month's Hong Kong Open.
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