Billie Jean King Cup: Germany starts against host Czech Republic
The German team will compete against the hosts from the Czech Republic in the Bille Jean King Cup, which will be held in Prague from November 1st to 6th.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Sep 15, 2021, 02:14 pm
Difficult task for the German team under captain Rainer Schüttler at the Billie Jean King Cup in Prague: Karolina Pliskova and Co. will be the first opponents in the evening session on November 1st (from 5 p.m.), and the next day it will be against the Swiss . With Belinda Bencic , Jill Teichmann and Viktoria Golubic, they represent a potentially very strong delegation. The winner of this group will advance to the semi-finals, which will be played on Friday, November 5th, 2021.
Much will depend on the performance of the German team on whether Angelique Kerber comes to Prague. The three-time major winner recently showed strong growth in form in Wimbledon, Cincinnati and at the US Open and is already back in 15th position in the WTA world rankings Switzerland.
Will Barty and Sabalenka meet?
The defending champions are the French after their 2019 win in Australia. Their best player, Caroline Garcia, is currently only 60th on the WTA charts. France plays in a group with Russia and Canada. With the latter, it will be interesting to see whether, in addition to US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez , Bianca Andreescu will also come to the Czech capital.
Australia, number two, have Belarus and Belgium as opponents in the group stage. So it could come to the top meeting of the two leaders in the world rankings: Ashleigh Barty against Aryna Sabalenka . With a view to the potential second single player, Victoria Azarenka, the team from Belarus can even be considered the favorite.
Finally, with the USA, which meet Spain and Slovakia in Group C, the situation is unclear. The nominally best player, Sofia Kenin, had to cancel her start at the US Open, as did Serena Williams and Jennifer Brady. Maybe a chance for Cori Gauff , who reached the final in doubles in New York with Caty McNally? There are still a few weeks left.