Poland, Japan, Australia and Slovakia all superior to the Billie Jean King Cup Finals by clinching victories within the best-of-five-match qualifying spherical on Saturday.
No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek clinched a berth for Poland within the Billie Jean King Cup Finals by defeating Switzerland’s Celine Naef 6-4, 6-3 to take an insurmountable 3-0 lead within the best-of-five-match qualifying spherical.
Swiatek — who has claimed Grand Slam titles on the French Open and one on the U.S. Open — additionally received her opening singles match on an indoor onerous court docket at Biel, Switzerland, on Friday.
Japan took an insurmountable 3-0 lead towards Kazakhstan while not having four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka to play a second match on an indoor onerous court docket in Tokyo. That is as a result of Nao Hibino beat Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7) on Saturday, after Osaka’s win towards Putintseva on Friday helped the hosts go up 2-0.
Slovakia moved into the Finals when 16-year-old Renata Jamrichova defeated Veronika Erjavec 6-2, 6-0 on an indoor onerous court docket in Bratislava to provide the hosts a 3-0 edge over visiting Slovenia.
Australia went up 3-0 over Mexico on an out of doors onerous court docket in Brisbane because of Taylah Preston’s 6-1, 6-1 victory over Marcela Zacarias.
The eight winners in qualifying will be a part of defending champion Canada, 2023 runner-up Italy, host Spain and wild-card choice Czech Republic within the 12-country Finals area in Seville in November.
Heading into Saturday, 2021 U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu and Britain had been tied 1-1 with France, america led Belgium 2-0, Ukraine led Romania 2-0, and Germany was forward of Brazil 2-0.
