Seville to host 2023 Billie Jean King Cup Finals

Seville to host 2023 Billie Jean King Cup Finals

Seville will host the 2023 Billie Jean King Cup Finals, the International Tennis Federation has introduced.

The showpiece ladies’s workforce occasion, that includes 12 nations, will happen from November 7-12, the ITF mentioned on Wednesday.

It is the primary time since 2008 that Spain has hosted the finals of the competitors, recognized till 2020 because the Fed Cup.

Last season, Aussie captain Alicia Molik was in a position to title a full-strength workforce to take to Scotland.

On courtroom, spearheaded by Ajla Tomljanovic, the Aussies noticed off Slovakia, Belgium and Great Britain to achieve the ultimate, the place they misplaced out to Switzerland.

The Swiss, the Aussies and wildcard choose Poland will probably be joined in Spain by 9 nations that got here by the current qualifiers: hosts Spain, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Slovenia and the United States

The groups will compete in 4 round-robin teams of three, with the 4 group winners progressing to the semi-finals.

The draw for the teams takes place on May 24.

Seville may even host the Finals in 2024.

Source: www.perthnow.com.au