The Billie Jean King Cup did not cause excitement or positive reactions from the public. In the end, Italy won against the favored USA, with Jasmine Paolini being the main figure of this team.
The event, which took place in Shezhen, China, caused an avalanche of reactions from the public, and most emphasize that the current format is far from perfect.
Namely, tournament finals with different hosts are obviously not the system that tennis fans had hoped for.
The well-known face of the tennis scene, Steve Johnson, speaking in Nothing Major, raised his voice regarding such changes.
He believes that it is necessary to restore the old system, considering that the crowd does not play such an important role in a system like this one.
It was tricky because its the same week as Laver Cup. They are doing a one-week neutral site venue in Shenzhen. The neutral site for Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup is horrible. Bring back the home and away ties!
I cannot stress that enough. I will not enjoy these events until they have the home crowd feel."-he said, as quoted by The Tennis Gazette.
Italy won against US
While most expected the US team to celebrate in this final, the Italian tennis players made sure to surprise everyone. It looked like they had more motivation and were much more focused than the US tennis players.
Among the US female tennis players, it was easy to feel dissatisfaction after the tournament, but this can certainly be an important lesson for them, and a chance for them to correct their mistakes in the future and try to celebrate.
Its pretty bad, I think. But that being said, its no surprise that Italy and the USA were in the final.
The two best teams, in my opinion, on paper, the most accomplished teams, and it was a surprising result. I thought the US were going to get that done. Italy had Paolini play singles and Cocciaretto. She beat Emma Navarro in the first match, which set the tone, which was a bit surprising."- he concluded.
