The Wateringse defeated in Moscow Ekaterina Makarova in two sets: 6-3, 6-4
It meant the 24-year-old Bertens its twelfth victory in thirteen singles matches in the Fed Cup.. Thanks to the victory of the Dutch kopvrouw put Netherlands, this weekend for the first time since 1998, again playing in the world group, the last eight matches in the Fed Cup in profits.
Richel Hogenkamp occurs later on Saturday on behalf of the formation of captain Paul Haarhuis in the second match against Svetlana Kuznetsova
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nervous
Bertens and Makarova both started nervously in the opening match in the quarterfinals of the Fed Cup. In the first set there were breaks over and over again. Both players had a hard time keeping their own service. In the eighth game Bertens broke her Russian opponent again and at 5-3 they served the set pretty.
The second act was the initial standoff. Makarova, which is 75 places higher in the world than Bertens, was in the fifth game chances to break. Bertens served well in the important moments and polished break chances. In the following game hit the Wateringse immediately and she was 3-2.
Bertens retained the lead break, the match in the ninth game and served out Netherlands gave a good start in the match against Russia that still reached the final of the Fed Cup last year.
Sharapova
Kopvrouw Maria Sharapova announced themselves for the singles because of a slight arm injury, but is still well in the arrangement of the doubles on Sunday, along with Daria Kasatkina. In the doubles Netherlands will play Cindy Burger and Arantxa Rus
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