The Rosarina Nadia Podoroska will be measured this Friday with Paulista Beatriz Haddad Maia in the first point of the series to the best of five that will cheer up the Argentine women’s tennis team against Brazil, in Tucumán, for the Billie Jean King Cup playoffs.
The “Little” Podoroska, located in position 204 of the world ranking of the WTA, will be in charge of assuming the first point this Friday from 12 and with television TyC Sports against the most qualified rival of the series, Haddad Maia, 15 in the world and champion this year in Nottingham and Birminghamboth tournaments in England and on grass.
The second point for the series that will be played at the Tucumán Lawn Tennis It will then be assumed by the Santa Fe de Sunchales Paula Ormaechea (184) and the Brazilian from São Paulo Laura Pigossi (114).
The tie will continue on Saturday from 11 o’clock with two singles points between the tennis players from the first day inverted, that is, Ormaechea against Haddad Maia and then Podoroska against Pigossi.
For the doubles, the captain of Argentina, Mercedes Paz from Tucumán, appointed Lourdes Carlé (161) and Julia Riera (260) to face Haddad Maia and specialist Luisa Stefaniwhile the fifth member of the national team, the promising Mar del Plata Solana Sierra (484), 18, is the tennis player who completes the team.
Argentina and Brazil entered this stage of the playoffs after having passed the American Zone I that took place this year in Salinas, Ecuadorand will meet at the Tucumán Lawn Tennis facilities, in a tie that will grant the winner the pass to the Qualifiers of 2023 with the possibility of returning to the group of elite countries.
A priori the brazilian team is favoritedue to the news of Haddad Maia, who is also a good doubles player and ranks 13th in the world in the ranking of the specialty, while her partner Stefani is 55th on the planet.