{"id":296699,"date":"2023-11-11T23:24:51","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T23:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=296699"},"modified":"2023-11-11T23:24:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T23:24:51","slug":"jodie-burrage-fluffs-her-lines-on-team-gb-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/tennis\/jodie-burrage-fluffs-her-lines-on-team-gb-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Jodie Burrage fluffs her lines on team GB debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Jodie Burrage fluffs her lines on the big stage as the Billie Jean King Cup debutant admits to nerves after shock defeat against\u00a0Sweden&#8217;s Kajsa Rinaldo Persson<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jodie Burrage made her team GB debut in the Billie Jean King Cup on Saturday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The result was a surprise defeat before a sell-out crowd of 5,500 spectators<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Burrage has enjoyed an impressive season and breached the top 100 rankings<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jodie Burrage learned one of the oldest and most painful lessons in tennis on Saturday \u2014 that the pressure of performing in team competitions is like nothing else.<\/p>\n<p>Before a sell-out crowd of 5,500 in London\u2019s Copper Box, she made her debut for Great Britain in the Billie Jean King Cup and admitted she found the experience overwhelming.<\/p>\n<p>The result was a surprise 6-4, 6-1 defeat by Sweden\u2019s Kajsa Rinaldo Persson, who is ranked 279 places below her at 372 and contrastingly lifted herself for the big occasion.<\/p>\n<p>This was later evened up by Katie Boulter, who beat Caijsa Hennemann 6-2, 6-1 to leave the match 1-1 after the first day with three more rubbers to be played on Sunday. The winners will go through to a playoff next year to reach the eight-team finals.<\/p>\n<p>Burrage has enjoyed an impressive season which has seen her breach the all- important 100 mark in the rankings. However, she conceded nothing had quite prepared her for wearing national colours with its added dimensions, and against the solid play of her opponent she became strangely flummoxed from 4-0 up.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/11\/21\/77691131-0-image-a-28_1699739396785.jpg\" height=\"405\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jodie Burrage\u00a0made her team GB debut in the Billie Jean King Cup on Saturday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/11\/21\/77691137-0-image-a-29_1699739400961.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Burrage admitted she has never felt the &#8216;nerves&#8217; that competing for Team GB brings with it<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This event is nothing like I\u2019ve experienced. I\u2019m very proud to represent my country and this is going to stick with me,\u2019 she said. \u2018It\u2019s tough to take, I have not felt like this, like the nerves before you even step out on Centre Court (at Wimbledon) doesn\u2019t compare to this. If you win or lose the point it feels double.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This year I\u2019ve had so many firsts, and I\u2019ve played in front of big crowds, and I don\u2019t necessarily think it was the crowd that made me nervous. It\u2019s just so different when you\u2019re playing for yourself and then playing for a team.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018That\u2019s why it hurts even more, because I\u2019m hurting for other people, that\u2019s why I\u2019m p***ed off even more.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I got very emotional after the National Anthem. I think everything has a first time and you need to just go through it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>This match was meant to be a breeze for Great Britain against a Sweden side missing their two best players due to injury, but it is still open.<\/p>\n<p>Captain Anne Keothavong may be tempted to bring in Harriet Dart or Heather Watson on Sunday against what is clearly a highly motivated if inferior opposition on paper.<\/p>\n<p>She had sympathy for Burrage\u2019s plight, saying: \u2018Jodie has earned the right to go out there, she has had a fantastic year and this will be tough for her, but she has to find a way to bounce back.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018As a former player I know what it is like when things don\u2019t go your way. You have the right intent, but you are unable to produce your best. The court can feel small but she will learn from it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/11\/21\/77691179-0-image-a-30_1699739432792.jpg\" height=\"448\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>This match was meant to be a breeze for Great Britain against a Sweden side missing their two best players due to injury<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/article-12738645\/Jodie-Burrage-team-GB-debut.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jodie Burrage fluffs her lines on the big stage as the Billie Jean King Cup debutant admits to nerves after shock defeat against\u00a0Sweden&#8217;s Kajsa Rinaldo Persson Jodie Burrage made her team GB debut in the Billie Jean King Cup on Saturday The result was a surprise defeat before a sell-out crowd of 5,500 spectators Burrage&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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