Can Belgium Go All The Way?
http://www.fedcup.com/news/matchreport.asp?id=10235
Can Belgium Go All The Way?
Belgium's Fed Cup team has Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin-Hardenne, two
extremely talented athletes who are serious contenders at major events.
The team has built up an excellent spirit, and in their Fed Cup quarterfinal
they had 6000 supporters behind them. It all proved too much for the Slovaks,
who missed their leading player Daniela Hantuchova. Having swept away the
courageous Slovak team it is not impossible that Belgium could go all the
way winning the Fed Cup trophy for the second time.
The Slovaks fought as hard as they could and despite her loss to Clijsters
Janette Husarova was a joy to watch. Chasing every ball, fighting from the
first minute to the last - an enthusiastic, happy, easy going person. She
is a perfect ambassador for the Slovak Fed Cup team. Before this tie started
the Slovak captain Tomas Malik insisted there were more than a few decent
players in Slovakia and 19-year-old Lubomira Kurhajcova, making her Fed Cup
singles debut in Charleroi, proved him to be right. She was beaten by Kim
Clijsters but confirmed that she can make it on the WTA Tour.
With Clijsters having clinched the tie in Sunday’s opening match
Henin-Hardenne overpowered Eva Fislova 62 61 and in the last rubber
Belgium's Els Callens and Caroline Maes faced the makeshift Slovakian
pairing of Lubomira Kurhajcova and Jarmila Gajdosova. It was the first
match for the Slovakian partnership and the Belgians took the match 64
75 to bring the final tie score to 5-0.
In November 2001 the Belgians won their first Fed Cup title, beating
Russia in the final in Madrid. In absence of the powerful American
team in the wake of September 11, Clijsters – ranked No. 5 in the
world at that time - and Henin (No. 7) were the favourites in Madrid.
"Now we have a generation of great talent that will be here during the
next six or seven years," Belgium Fed Cup captain Ivo Van Aken commented.
And indeed, here they are again.
The 2003 Fed Cup Semfinals and Final will be played in the third week of
November. Belgium will play the USA with Russia and France meeting in the
other semifinal. The finals will be hosted by one of the competing nations
and an announcement on the host nation will be made in due course.
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