Greece fall to Italy
Italy defeated Greece 3-0 at the 2020 Fed Cup Group I competition, and the Greeks will now face Bulgaria in the relegation play-off.
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In the opening singles match, world number 153 Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat 15-year-old Fed Cup debutant Dimitra Pavlou 6-1 6-2. World number 94 Jasmine Paolini then beat 14-year-old Michaela Laki, also a Fed Cup debutant, 6-1 6-4.
Valentini Grammatikopoulou then teamed up with Pavlou for the doubles match, taking on Cocciaretto and Giulia Gatto-Monticone. The Italians prevailed 6-1 6-0 to complete the 3-0 sweep of Greece.
The Greeks will now face Bulgaria in Saturday’s relegation play-off, with the loser to play in Group II in 2021. Grammatikopoulou and Despina Papamichail are expected to return to singles action for Greece after not playing against Italy.
ITALY 3, GREECE 0:
Elisabetta Cocciaretto (Italy) def. Dimitra Pavlou (Greece) 6-1 6-2
Jasmine Paolini (Italy) def. Michaela Laki (Greece) 6-1 6-4
Cocciaretto/Gatto-Monticone (Italy) def. Grammatikopoulou/Pavlou (Greece) 6-1 6-0
