Tennis players from Italy win the Billie Jean King Cup for the fifth time

Italy’s tennis players have won the Billie Jean King Cup (formerly the Fed Cup) for the fifth time. Last year’s losing finalist defeated Slovakia 2-0 in the final in Málaga, which won the nations competition in 2002.

Lucia Bronzetti put the winner of 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2013 ahead by beating Viktoria Hruncáková 6-2, 6-4. Bronzetti won four games in a row from 2-3 in the first set and did so again in set two from 2-4.

Jasmine Paolini gave Italy the cup by beating Rebecca Sramková 6-2, 6-1. The losing finalist of Roland Garros and Wimbledon only lost one game from 2-2.