BILLIE JEAN KING CUP

September 24, 2026

Yuriy Schukin

Anna Danilina

Zhibek Kulambayeva

Team Kazakhstan

Press Conference

BUCSA-SORRIBES TORMO/Danilina-Kulambayeva

6-2, 7-5

Team Spain - 2

Team Kazakhstan - 1

THE MODERATOR: One thing is for sure, your team did not leave without a very big fight. You must be proud of your team.

CAPTAIN SCHUKIN: Yeah, sure. You saw the match. We had a lot of chances. Yeah, was tough match. Unfortunately one team is winning it. Today was not our team. Next time hopefully.

THE MODERATOR: Questions.

Q. Yuriy, obviously not the result you wanted tonight, but can you sum up your experience here in Shenzhen this week, another appearance at the Finals? What do you think this team can do to get to the next level?

CAPTAIN SCHUKIN: Well, this is our second tie with such team. Like first tie we won. It was very close match at home against Canada. Today was tough match, as well.

Basically we need to work on some things. Probably we need to have luck. If you talk about today match, luck sometimes it's also important.

In our own, I think the girls give hundred percent. They fight until the end. Yeah, just little bit bad luck for us.

Q. Can you talk us through the doubles match, more than two hours, so many close games. What gave Spain the edge today?

ZHIBEK KULAMBAYEVA: I think maybe we started a bit late. First set was kind of, like, easy. We didn't play very well. The second set started much better. We had, like, a lot of chances, a lot of break points, long games.

Usually when I play like everywhere, the deuce is deciding point. When the game goes on for like 20 minutes, it's a bit difficult, yeah.