Belarusian women’s tennis team celebrated their second victory in their Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I campaign in Budapest on Thursday with a clean sweep win over Bulgaria. Olga Govortsova took a confident win over Elitsa Kostova (229) 6-2, 6-3. World number 49 Victoria Azarenka fought through Tsvetana Pironkova (50) 6-3, 2-6, 7-5. The overall win was secured by Vera Lapko and Alexandra Sasnovich, who defeated Dia Evtimova and Viktoriya Tomova 7-5, 6-1 in the doubles.
In the Fed Cup opener the Belarusians saw off Georgia 3-0. Belarus will face Portugal in their bid to qualify for a place in the World Group. Portugal lost 0-3 to Bulgaria in their opening tie and fell 1-2 to Georgia later.
Team Belarus is currently ranked 24th, Portugal 32nd, Bulgaria 36th, and Georgia 39th.
After two days Team Belarus has good chances to top its Pool C and compete for the playoff spot in the World Group. The Pool C team standings are as follows: Belarus – 2 wins (6-0), Bulgaria – 1 (3-3), Georgia – 1 (2-4), Portugal – 0 (1-2).
FM-nadajniki i częstotliwości:
Rakitnica - 106.2 MHz
Grodno - 95.7 MHz
Świsłocz - 104.4 MHz
Geraniony - 99.9 MHz
Brasław - 106.6 MHz
Miadzioł - 102.0 MHz
