Billie Jean King Cup: Halep, Svitolina, Bertens in action
16 teams will battle it out on April 16 and 17 to advance to the playoffs for a place in the finals of the Billie Jean King Cup 2022 (!). Top players like Simona Halep , Kiki Bertens and Elina Svitolina will be there .
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Apr 07, 2021, 07:05 pm
When the final of the Billie Jean King Cup 2021, formerly the Federations Cup, will be played has not yet been determined. The week before the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart was actually planned for this, with Budapest as the venue. Twelve national teams are planned for this, which are composed according to the following principle: The two finalists of the previous year plus the host nation plus a wildcard.
And eight teams that qualify through the playoffs. That means: those teams that finish fifth to twelve in the final in 2021 have to go to an elimination round against eight teams that want to come up. And exactly those eight teams will be determined on April 16 and 17.
Halep, Svitolina and Co. want to make it to the final round
And some stars of the WTA scene have announced themselves for the playoffs. There are, for example, the Romanians under their captain Monica Niculescu, who face Italy in Cluj with Simona Halep at the top. Elina Svitolina, newly engaged to Gael Monfils, wants to bring Ukraine to the finals together with Marta Kostyuk. Also interesting is the Latvian team with Anastasija Sevastova and Jelena Ostapenko, the 2017 French Open winner. The Latvians have to play against India.
And Kiki Bertens, who is plagued by injuries, is also going to the bail for the Netherlands. The opponents from China have to prove themselves on clay against Bertens and Arantxa Rus in s'Hertogenbosch.