In the second match of the final confrontation with the Swiss team, Lyudmila Samsonova defeated Olympic champion Belinda Benchich with a score of 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3.
Their meeting, which took place in Prague, lasted 2 hours and 24 minutes.
Thus, Russia achieved an early victory in the final (2: 0) and won the trophy for the first time since 2008.
In addition to Samsonova, Daria Kasatkina, Ekaterina Aleksandrova, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Veronika Kudermetova became the winners of the cup.
Prior to that, the Russians won the Federation Cup four times in history (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008).
Earlier it was reported that Daria Kasatkina brought the Russian team the first victory in the final of the Billie Jean King Cup