SEVILLE, Spain – Marina Stakusic of Mississauga, Ontario, beat Martina Trevisan 7-5, 6-3 on Sunday to give Canada a 1-0 lead over Italy in the best-of-three championship of the Billie Jean King Cup final. .
Leyla Fernandez of Laval, Que. , is scheduled to face Jasmine Paolini in the other singles match.
In doubles, Ottawa’s Fernandez and Gabriela Dabrowski were scheduled to face Trevisan and Elisabetta Cocciaretto.
Canada’s most productive result on the women’s team was a semifinal in 1988.
Italy will earn its fifth name and first since 2013.
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