After two Friday victories, the Ukrainian tennis players beat the Japanese women twice more and won the match meeting of the Billie Jean King Cup.
Elina Svitolina and Yuki Naito were the first to enter the court on Saturday. Their fight turned out to be very intense.. But still, the first racket of Ukraine in a tie-break in the decisive set broke the resistance of the opponent - 6: 2, 4: 6, 7: 6 (7: 3).
This victory became decisive in the confrontation, so the remaining meetings turned into essentially friendly. In view of this, the duel between Marta Kostiuk and Chihiro Muramatsu was canceled..
In a doubles match sisters Kitchenok Nadezhda and Lyudmila beat Shiho Akita and Himari Sato - 6: 2, 7: 6 (7: 2). Thus, the final score of the match is 4: 0 in favor of Ukraine.
Ukraine advanced to the qualifying round for the Billie Jean King Cup.
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