Bad weather postpones Portugal play-off final in Billie Jean King Cup
After days in a row, the women’s national team gained a feeling of rest due to the bad weather in three North Macedonia, the capital of North Macedonia, which forced the postponement of the final of the Event Promotion play-off B of Group III of the Europe-Africa Zone of Billie Jean King Cup between Portugal and the home team.
The Portuguese started on Wednesday, with a 3-0 victory against Burundi, and continued on Thursday, with a 2-1 victory against Malta that guaranteed first place in Pool B, and on Friday Monday, turning point against Ireland (2-1) in the semi-finals of Pay of promotion.
For this Saturday, it was scheduled to reach the final, with Portugal and North Macedonia in the contest, which only “qualification ticket for Group II of the Europe-Africa Zone in 2023 — the other place of ascent was given by Herzegovina and Herzegovina” the Event A (in a similar format) in Montenegro.
So the captain Neuza Silva and as players Francesca Jorge (377th in singles and 249th in pairs), Matilde Jorge (674th and 268th), Inês Myrta (683rd and 444th) and A-N-A Filipa Santos (1125th and 877th) will only return to action on Sunday.
The North Macedonia team is led by Dimitar Labudovik and has Lina Gjorcheska (273rd of classification singles and 223rd of doubles), Madeleine Stoilkovska (1357th and 1600th), Alexandra simeva (no international classification), Iva Daneva (no international classification) and Catherine Marinkovikj (no international classification).