Switzerland win maiden Billie Jean King Cup

Belinda Bencic beat Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic in straight sets at Glasgow’s Emirates Arena on Sunday to secure Switzerland’s first Billie Jean King Cup title.

🇨🇭 🏆 SWITZERLAND ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS 🏆 🇨🇭#BJKCupFinals pic.twitter.com/DvZRbh7YiE

— Billie Jean King Cup (@BJKCup) November 13, 2022

The win gave the Swiss an unassailable 2-0 lead after Jil Teichmann outlasted Storm Sanders 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 in the opening singles match.

Bencic had not dropped a set all week and extended that streak by beating Tomljanovic 6-2, 6-1 as Switzerland clinched the biggest prize in women’s team tennis for the first time

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WORLD CHAMPIONS 🎉🎉🎉🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭

🎥 @BJKCup 🎥 pic.twitter.com/OIJyja29uz

— Jil Teichmann (@jilteichmann) November 14, 2022

The Swiss had never won the competition, formerly known as the Fed Cup, losing the final in 1998 and again last year.

Australia won it seven times, but the last was in 1974. The Australians also lost in the final in 2019.