Congratulations to the Czech Fed Cup Team!


I want to dedicate this post to the fantastic Czech Fed Cup team who are the champions by beating USA in the finals 3-0 in Prague. I’m so proud of your achievement and your amazing Fed Cup record of six titles in eight years! Brilliant team work! I’m still smiling about it. What a lovely way to end the year!
It’s also a great year to win it as we are celebrating 100 years of independence from Austro-Hungarian oppression and, co-incidentally, today also marks 100 years to the day when TG Masaryk became the first president of independent Czechoslovakia.

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