Bengaluru, Nov 14 (PTI) Tamara Zidansek and Kaja Juan produced resilient tennis to outsmart fancied Netherlands, giving Slovenia an unassailable 2-0 lead in the Billie Jean King Cup Group G playoff here on Friday. Zidansek defeated Arantaxa Rus 6-1 7-6 (6) while Juan had to dig deep against world No. 89 Suzan Lamens, before prevailing 7-6 (5) 4-6 6-3 in two hours and 34 minutes.

The second match between Lamens and Juan lived up to the billing, as the two protagonists put on an exhibition of high-class defence, shot-making and ball retrieving.

Lamens did the early running, taking a 5-2 lead but the Slovenian gathered her nerves to make it 5-5 with breaks in the 6th and 9th games.

Juvan, who struggled to match the pace of Lamens and her precise shot-making early in the first set, soon tur

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