U.S. women finish 11th, men 13th at the World Cup in Doha
Both teams close with 2-0 wins, over Indonesia and Qatar, after a week in the placement draw; an injury ends Brittany Dubins’ semifinal match.
By X3Insights News, News desk
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The U.S. women finished 11th and the men 13th at the FIP World Cup in Doha, closing their campaigns Saturday with 2-0 wins over Indonesia and host Qatar, respectively.
Both teams ended the week in the placement draw, outside the eight-team championship bracket. Their final victories settled different contests: the women played for 11th, while the men had to win twice after a placement-quarterfinal defeat to secure 13th.
Women close with a straight-sets sweep
In the official Saturday results, Carla Rodriguez Sanchez and Ornella Beltramino beat Indonesia's Sabatini and Sabrina 6-2, 7-5. Quevedo and Zubori then won 7-5, 6-2 against Armini and Rosejaya to clinch 11th place. The third match was not played.
That finish followed a 2-0 semifinal loss to Great Britain on Friday. The LTA's account describes an injury to Brittany Dubins early in the opening match. Dubins and Rodriguez Sanchez retired after losing the first set 6-1 to Aimee Gibson and Victoria Nicholas.
Catherine Rose and Chloe de la Mare then recovered from a set down to beat Daniela Ruiz Alvarez and Ana Marija Zubori 4-6, 6-1, 6-3. The result sent Britain into the ninth-place match and the Americans into the contest for 11th.
The U.S. had reached that semifinal by beating Chile on Thursday. The official scorecard records a 2-0 victory: Rodriguez Sanchez and Beltramino won 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, before Dubins and Morga Alonso won 6-2, 6-0.
Men recover after Paraguay defeat
The same Thursday results show Paraguay beating the U.S. men 2-0. Segura and Di Francesco lost 6-3, 4-6, 6-2; Osses Konig and Ruiz Alvarez were beaten 7-6, 6-3. That defeat left the Americans contesting positions 13 through 16.
They responded with a 2-1 win over Australia on Friday. After Humphreys and Osses Konig lost 6-3, 6-3, Segura and Di Francesco leveled the tie with a 6-2, 6-1 victory. Ruiz Alvarez and De Armas won the decider 6-2, 6-4.
Against Qatar on Saturday, Segura and Di Francesco came back to win 6-7, 7-5, 6-1. Ruiz Alvarez and De Armas followed with a 6-1, 6-3 victory, securing 13th without a third match.
The closing wins came after the opening group defeats that shaped both American campaigns. Doha ended with victories for each team, but neither reached the quarterfinals for the world title.
