ROMANIA FED CUP // The first reactions of the Romanian camp after the draw: "This is not what we wanted!"

Tuesday, 24 July, 14:40

The Romanian women's tennis team will play against the Czech Republic in the first Fed Cup World Cup tournament on 9 and 10 February. (Details and presentation of AICI teams)

George Cosac the president of the Romanian Tennis Federation, commented on the draw and said that Romania should take revenge after the defeat of 2016.

It's my strongest opponent Two years ago, they beat us in Cluj-Napoca and it's time to take revenge. We play with the team that has won five of the last seven Finals of the Fed Cup and that is If we want to win the trophy, and our daughters have proposed that, then we must defeat the best. If the road is long and hard to win the trophy, I think it's actually the final of the competition. The pressure will be on them as they play at home and we have a very valuable team right now and we have Simona Halep, said George

and coach Alina Tecsor-Cercel spoke about the match against the Czech Republic

" This is not exactly what we wanted because it's not easy to play pimul lap with the most team Titled from the last decade especially when there were other options, more accessible.We have experience of a recent meeting with the Czech Republic and we know what to do.

We have a strong team, and even though we are playing a new experience for this national team, I hope we can face it. If you want to be the best in the world, you have to win the best. As for the fact that we can have five teammates, I appreciate it. this change announced by the ITF, and I think it will also benefit us. "

" Of the four possible variants, it was the only one we had not, I wanted it. You always want to play at home when it comes to the Fed Cup, and after the last successful events in Cluj-Napoca, we even wanted to play on our own pitch. It's a bad thing we're playing on them, but their fate is very strong. They have good single and double players. But the Federation Cup is the Federation Cup. As they won with us two years ago, so we can win at them.

If girls are healthy, it's clear that we have a good chance. We have so many players among the top 100 in the world and we have Simona Halep

Finally, the fact that we can have five team players is an advantage for nations that have a lot of valuable players. Because this match is an advantage for us as for the Czech Republic. You can easily choose the best team " Florin Segărceanu, captain of the Fed Cup team of Romania: