Switzerland received the Billie Jean King Cup for the primary time when Olympic champion Belinda Bencic clinched their victory over Australia in Glasgow.
The Swiss have been crushed by Russia in final yr’s closing and, having additionally completed runners-up in 1998, lastly received the annual ladies’s crew competitors.
Swiss quantity two Jil Teichmann beat Storm Sanders 6-3 4-6 6-3 to place them forward within the best-of-three tie.
In-form Bencic secured the triumph with a 6-2 6-1 win over Ajla Tomljanovic.
“What occurred final yr gave us additional motivation. We have been so heartbroken, I do not suppose I’ve ever cried a lot,” stated world quantity 12 Bencic.
“Afterwards Jil stated we might win it subsequent yr and we’ve got. I am so extremely proud.”
Australia had crushed hosts Nice Britain in Saturday’s semi-finals and have been bidding to win the competitors – which was once often called the Fed Cup earlier than it was renamed in honour of American nice King in 2020 – for the primary time since 1974.
Sanders, ranked 237th on this planet, had received all three of her earlier singles matches within the 12-team Finals at Glasgow’s Emirates Enviornment, however was unable to place her aspect forward once more as world quantity 35 Teichmann fought to clinch the decider.
Tomljanovic knew she needed to win to maintain Australia’s hopes alive and take the ultimate right into a deciding doubles match.
Nonetheless, she had few solutions towards the impressed Bencic.
Bencic had not dropped a set in her 4 earlier wins on the Finals in Glasgow and prolonged that spectacular file with a dominant efficiency.
She sealed the success by breaking Tomljanovic’s serve for a sixth time, that means Australia have now misplaced 10 finals since final profitable the trophy.
