Billie Jean King Cup: kick-off with Anna-Lena Friedsam and Tatjana Maria
The draw in the Stuttgart Arena showed that in the country duel between Germany and Brazil, first Anna-Lena Friedsam will meet Beatriz Haddad Maia and then Tatjana Maria will meet Laura Pigossi .
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Apr 13, 2023, 02:41 pm
Anna-Lena Friedsam meets top player Beatriz Haddad Maia on Friday (4:00 p.m.) at the start of the German qualifying duel with Brazil in the Billie Jean King Cup. Then the newly crowned Bogota winner Tatjana Maria will have to deal with the Brazilian number two Laura Pigossi in the fight for qualification for the final tournament. That was the result of the draw in the Stuttgart Arena on Thursday.
The German player Jule Niemeier (WTA 65), who is best placed in the world rankings and who was out of shape recently, was not initially planned by team boss Rainer Schüttler, but could still be used on Saturday. Then after the third singles (from 2:00 p.m.) another singles and a doubles are on the program if necessary. The team that gets three wins first wins the duel.
The selection of the German Tennis Association (DTB) fights in Stuttgart for the qualification for the final tournament with the twelve best national teams in November. In addition to Friedsam (WTA 91), Maria (WTA 71) and Niemeier, Laura Siegemund (WTA 105) and Eva Lys (WTA 113) are part of the German squad.