LONDON — America will host Hungary within the Billie Jean King Cup playoffs in November because the report 18-time champions look to get again on monitor in girls’s crew tennis.
America reached the finals final 12 months for the primary time since 2018, however misplaced 3-1 to Belgium in qualifying for this 12 months’s finals this month.
Hungary ought to embody Anna Bondar, an everyday on the BJK Cup. She defeated seventh-ranked Elina Svitolina on the Madrid Open on Thursday, turning into the primary Hungarian girl to beat a top-10 participant since Timea Babos defeated Coco Vandeweghe in 2018.
Additionally in Thursday’s cup play-off draw, France will face Australia for the primary time for the reason that 2019 remaining, gained in Perth, whereas Brazil will face 2023 champions Canada. Different matches embody Poland vs. Sweden, Japan vs. Argentina, Thailand vs. Switzerland, and Slovenia vs. Indonesia.
The winners of the playoffs will advance to the 2027 qualifiers, and the dropping groups might be eradicated from subsequent 12 months’s regional occasion.
Different international locations moreover Belgium are defending champions Italy, Nice Britain, Kazakhstan, Spain, Czech Republic, and Ukraine. Host nation China mechanically certified.
