Dominance in the Fed Cup: The Czech tennis players have won the Fed Cup for the sixth time in the past eight years. Already prematurely, the hosts prevailed in the final of Prague against the United States. Katerina Siniakova defeated Sofia Kenin on Sunday 7: 5, 5: 7, 7: 5 and drove the deciding 3-0. Both teams had gone strong substitute weakened in the final.

On Saturday Siniakova had already won her first singles match against Alison Riske, Barbora Strycova won against Kenin. It is the ninth triumph of a Czech team in the history of the Fed Cup.

CZECH REPUBLIC WINS !!! @ K_Siniakova clinches to UNBELIEVABLE match 75 57 75 in 3 hours 44 minutes! #FedCup title no. 1️⃣1️⃣ for Czech Republic pic.twitter.com/jQfY129pIT

- Fed Cup (@FedCup) November 11, 2018

Both teams did not compete with their best players. Before the final, there had been a cancellation flood: In addition to Serena and Venus Williams also said Madison Keys and French Open finalist Sloane Stephens from early.

The Czech women also had to give up their best-listed players: the world ranking list Petra Kvitova was also absent as the number eight Karolina Pliskova.

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Czech fans celebrate their team

The German team had failed in April in the semifinals to the Czech Republic. The USA had defeated France.