Togetherness off the court is key to strategy of captain Anne Keothavong as Britain aim for first final since 1981
The jokes were already flying when the Great Britain team walked into the press conference room on the eve of their opening Billie Jean King Cup Finals tie in Málaga. While Heather Watson and Olivia Nicholls, the team’s resident comics, were loudly sounding out their best Australian accents, Katie Boulter, Harriet Dart and Emma Raducanu cracked up at their inside jokes. Alongside serious tennis topics, they discussed birthday banners, chocolate cakes and all the recent team bonding that had brought them closer together.
On Tuesday Great Britain will face Slovakia in their second semi-final in three years. Their success is certainly a reflection of the sheer quality provided by Boulter and Raducanu, but the camaraderie built within the team is also driving their success. “Each person does their own individual practices, but we work really well as a team and when we come together at the dinner table,” said Raducanu. “We’re always laughing and reflecting on the day and we have a few inside jokes kind of running through the team, so that’s keeping us going.”
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Autor: Tumaini Carayol in Málaga