LONDON — Canadian teenager Leylah Annie Fernandez caused a huge shock in the Fed Cup qualifiers on Saturday when she beat Swiss world No. 5 Belinda Bencic in Biel but it proved in vain as Switzerland progressed to April’s finals. Spain, Belgium, Slovakia, Germany, Russia and Belarus also moved through to the inaugural 12-nation showdown in Budapest. Spain raced into the Fed Cup Finals as Carla Suarez Navarro claimed the winning point at the La Manga Club. The Fed Cup has followed the men’s Davis Cup competition by adopting a multi-nation finals in one city, with 12 team set to assemble at the Laszlo Papp Budapest Sports Arena in April.

Source: National Post February 08, 2020 20:03 UTC