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Myskina brought the Russian national team to the Fed Cup final
Anastasia Myskina brought the Russian national team to the Tennis Cup final, outplaying the semifinal series in the third match against the Austria team Ivonn Moisbourger. The score in the confrontation of applicants for a ticket to the final was 3-0 in favor of the Russians, and the Austrians in the remaining two meetings of the final result could no longer change.
Compared to yesterday’s match against Patricia Vartush , the victory went to Myskina quite hard: the Russian woman began a meeting well, but already in the middle of the first batch she had a decline, which entailed the loss of set - 3: 6. In the second batch, Nastya took a revenge from the Austrian with the same score - 6: 3, and in the third she did not leave the opponent a chance - 6: 1, issuing the access to the final of the Federation Cup.
As RIA Novosti notes, this success coincided with the anniversary, hundredth match for the teams of the USSR and Russia in the drawing of the Federation Cup.
Later, Svetlana Kuznetsova did not leave the chances of Daniele Kicks. The fourth match of the Russian-Austrian confrontation lasted only 39 minutes and ended with the victory of Kuznetsova with a score of 6: 1, 6: 1.
The victorious point in the semifinal confrontation of the Federation Cup with the Austria team was set by Elena Likhovtseva and Svetlana Kuznetsova. The Russian couple outplayed the duet as part of Ivonn Moisburger and Patricia Vartush with a score of 6: 2, 6: 2. For this, Kuznetsova and Likhovtseva required 53 minutes.
The final account of the semi -final confrontation of Russia and Austria is 5-0 in favor of the hostesses of the court. Thus, the Russian team on November 27 and 28 in a match with the France team will challenge the main award in the world women's team championship - the Cup of the Federation.
French women in their semi-final match defeated the Spanish team with a score of 5-0. In addition, it is likely that the French team will strengthen the eminent tennis player Marie Pierce.