Anabel Medina: "We have to be ambitious and go for the title"

The captain highlighted the "heart" and "passion" of the Spanish team to give their "best version" in order to lift the Billie Jean King Cup

   MADRID, 7 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The captain of the Spanish team, Anabel Medina, assured this Monday that "many countries see Spain as a very difficult rival", so the goal of the national tennis players must be "ambitious, it has to be to win" the Billie Jean King Cup , despite the fact that it will be "open" qualifiers, in which it will be necessary to go "with the knife".

"We have a lot of passion and we are very competitive, we compete to win. Our focus is to give our best version to win the title. There are many tough teams, it will be difficult, but we have to be ambitious and go for the title, respecting the opponents" , valued the captain at the press conference prior to Spain's debut in the Billie Jean King Cup this Wednesday against Kazakhstan.

For Medina, one of the Spanish tricks to fight for the trophy to be played in Glasgow (Scotland) will be "working together" and preparing the qualifying rounds "very scrupulously". "I always try to make everyone feel involved. Spain has a very wide range of players. We are a competitive team and we train a lot," she analyzed.

"It's a complicated time, they arrive tired, but the involvement is one hundred percent. We compete with everything we have, we are competitive, with a lot of heart. There is no better goal than winning this trophy," Anabel Medina remarked.

Thus, he insisted that the goal of the Spanish team "always has to be ambitious, it has to be to win." "It is a very open competition, you go with the knife at all points and it does not allow you to get lost. Many countries see Spain as a very difficult rival," he asserted about the role that Spain, third in the ranking of nations, must play. in this Federation Cup.

And one of the main assets of Spain, in the absence of Garbiñe Muguruza, will be Paula Badosa, who faces her debut in the competition. "It is the first time for Paula (Badosa) and Cristina (Bucsa), but Nuria (Párrizas) and the rest have already been in the team more than once. The most important thing is that they help each other, sharing their experience. They know what which is to have pressure, the most important thing is to play as a team, sharing your emotions and helping the rest," he said.

Paula Badosa herself, who also appeared before the media along with the captain and the rest of the team, recognized that it is "very nice" to end her season in this Billie Jean King Cup. "It's different, it's my first time here, I'm learning It's a different competition, but you enjoy it," he said.

"I've been trying to coincide for a long time and it couldn't be. I'm really looking forward to it, very motivated, we'd like to do very well here. Spain can't lose its essence; compete and fight. We have to make a lot of teams. We're all on the same line, Looking forward to the start of the competition, we will do everything to make it go as well as possible," he added.

The Catalan, called to lead the Spanish team in this tournament, has only won one win in her last six games, in a very irregular end to the season. However, she stressed that she "always" looks for the "best tennis" of hers, so she arrives at the Billie Jean King Cup "eagerly, after a mental break that helps."

"I have been playing very well, it is a motivation for me to stop playing a bit like Paula Badosa and represent Spain. I will give my best level, one hundred percent, to try to win the title", he added about his role in the tournament, in the Emirates Arena, a "slightly slower" track that adapts "very well" to number 12 in the world.

Finally, Cristina Bucsa, who is also making her debut in this tournament, confessed to being "very motivated and excited" at this opportunity to "play with this kit. "I am very grateful to Anabel (Medina), we are going to give it our all," she concluded.