The Billie Jean King Cup Finals will start in Malaga this week in a better partnership with the Davis Cup and with some added consideration given to the victims of the lethal floods that lately devastated japanese Spain.
It is going to be the primary time that the ladies’s crew match will happen on the similar venue because the Davis Cup and with overlapping dates. And for the second yr in a row, it should provide equal prize cash to the lads’s competitors.
The ladies’s occasion begins two weeks after a robust storm prompted flash floods that killed greater than 200 individuals within the Valencia area east of Malaga.
The Worldwide Tennis Federation introduced a donation to the Spanish Purple Cross to assist aid and restoration efforts within the area, and Spanish participant Paula Badosa mentioned she’s going to donate half of her prize cash to assist the victims.
“I am enthusiastic about representing my nation, however I will not neglect about what’s actually necessary in these moments,” Badosa mentioned on a social media put up.
Spain takes on Iga Swiatek’s Poland on the competitors’s first day on Tuesday, led by Badosa not lengthy after the previous second-ranked participant thought of retiring whereas coping with a continual again damage.
“I believe it was a little bit of a rollercoaster this yr,” Badosa mentioned. “I am actually happy with myself, how I overcame these robust conditions and likewise how I completed the season. I completed the yr in a really excessive stage. I am actually joyful, as there was one level of the season the place I used to be very far-off from the extent I needed to be.”
On Wednesday, the USA will tackle Slovakia with Ashlyn Krueger changing Jessica Pegula in Lindsay Davenport’s crew, which additionally consists of Danielle Collins, Caroline Dolehide, Peyton Stearns and Taylor Townsend.
Additionally on Wednesday, Japan – with out Naomi Osaka – performs towards Romania, whereas on Thursday it is Germany towards Britain. Defending champion Canada, Australia, Italy and the Czech Republic wait to tackle the winners of these earlier matchups.
Every matchup will likely be a best-of-three collection with two singles matches and one doubles match.
Beforehand referred to as Fed Cup, the competitors was rebranded in 2020 to align with former tennis star Billie Jean King.
It would finish Nov. 20, whereas the Davis Cup will likely be performed Nov. 19-24, with all matches going down on the Palacio de Deportes Jose Maria Martin Carpena in Malaga.
