ITF Press Release, April 18, 2021
Eight nations have advanced to the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup by BNP Paribas Qualifiers following victories in the 2021 Billie Jean King Cup Play-offs, which took place in eight cities around the world on 16-17 April. This weekend’s ties were the first in the women’s World Cup of Tennis since it was rebranded as the Billie Jean King Cup in 2020.
The eight winning nations (Canada, Great Britain, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland and Ukraine) now stand only one tie away from a place in the 2022 Finals. The draw for the 2022 Qualifiers will take place at the rescheduled 2021 Billie Jean King Cup Finals.
The eight losing nations (Argentina, Brazil, China P.R., India, Japan, Mexico, Romania and Serbia) will compete in one of the three regional Group I events in 2022: Americas, Asia/Oceania or Europe/Africa.
BILLIE JEAN KING CUP BY BNP PARIBAS PLAY-OFFS
Poland defeated Brazil 3-2
Venue: Hala Na Skarpie, Bytom, Poland
Surface: hard, indoors
Magdalena Frech (POL) d. Carolina Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (BRA) 6-4 6-3
Laura Pigossi (BRA) d. Urszula Radwanska (POL) 7-6(9) 3-6 6-2
Magdalena Frech (POL) d. Laura Pigossi (BRA) 6-4 3-6 7-6(4)
Carolina Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (BRA) d. Katarzyna Kawa (POL) 6-3 7-5
Magdalena Frech/Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. Carolina Meligeni Rodrigues Alves/Luisa Stefani (BRA) 1-6 6-2 6-4
Polish pride 🇵🇱
Magdalena Frech & Katarzyna Kawa defeat Alves & Stefani 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 to secure their #BJKCup Play-off tie with Brazil pic.twitter.com/Cs4R89KMVy
— Billie Jean King Cup (@BJKCup) April 17, 2021
Great Britain defeated Mexico 3-1
Venue: National Tennis Centre, London, Great Britain
Surface: hard, indoors
Katie Boulter (GBR) d. Marcela Zacarias (MEX) 7-5 6-0
Heather Watson (GBR) d. Giuliana Olmos (MEX) 7-5 6-1
Marcela Zacarias (MEX) d. Heather Watson (GBR) 6-3 7-6(1)
Katie Boulter (GBR) d. Giuliana Olmos (MEX) 6-4 6-1
Harriet Dart/Heather Watson (GBR) v Fernanda Contreras Gomez/Giuliana Olmos (MEX) – not played
Venue: Sport Hall Ibar, Kraljevo, Serbia
Surface: hard, indoors
Leylah Annie Fernandez (CAN) d. Olga Danilovic (SRB) 7-5 4-6 6-4
Rebecca Marino (CAN) d. Nina Stojanovic (SRB) 6-4 7-6(6)
Leylah Annie Fernandez (CAN) d. Nina Stojanovic (SRB) 3-6 6-3 6-4
Olga Danilovic (SRB) v Rebecca Marino (CAN) – not played
Rebecca Marino/Carol Zhao (CAN) d. Ivana Jorovic/Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) 6-7(4) 6-3 [10-0]
Latvia defeated India 3-1
Venue: National Tennis Centre Lielupe, Jurmala, Latvia
Surface: hard, indoors
Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) d. Ankita Raina (IND) 6-2 5-7 7-5
Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) d. Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) 6-4 6-0
Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) d. Ankita Raina (IND) 6-0 7-6(4)
Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) v Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) – not played
Rutuja Bhosale/Zeel Desai (IND) d. Patricija Spaka/Daniela Vismane (LAT) 6-4 5-7 [10-2]
Ukraine defeated Japan 4-0
Venue: Elite Tennis Club, Chornomorsk, Ukraine
Surface: clay, outdoors
Elina Svitolina (UKR) d. Chihiro Muramatsu (JPN) 6-3 6-2
Marta Kostyuk (UKR) d. Yuki Naito (JPN) 6-3 6-3
Elina Svitolina (UKR) d. Yuki Naito (JPN) 6-2 4-6 7-6(3)
Marta Kostyuk (UKR) v Chihiro Muramatsu (JPN) – not played
Lyudmyla Kichenok/Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) d. Shiho Akita/Himari Sato (JPN) 6-2 7-6(2)
🇺🇦 Ukraine vs. Japan 🇯🇵
The story of their #BJKCup Play-off tie ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/v7wp9elqdj
— Billie Jean King Cup (@BJKCup) April 17, 2021
Italy defeated Romania 3-1
Venue: Sala Polivalenta, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Surface: hard, indoors
Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) d. Irina Maria Bara (ROU) 6-1 6-4
Martina Trevisan (ITA) d. Mihaela Buzarnescu (ROU) 6-2 2-6 7-6(5)
Elena Gabriela Ruse (ROU) d. Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 1-6 6-3 6-4
Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) d. Mihaela Buzarnescu (ROU) 7-5 7-6(5)
Monica Niculescu/Elena Gabriela Ruse (ROU) v Giulia Gatto-Monticone/Jasmine Paolini (ITA) – not played
Kazakhstan defeated Argentina 3-2
Venue: Cordoba Lawn Tennis Club, Cordoba, Argentina
Surface: clay, outdoors
Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) d. Nadia Podoroska (ARG) 2-6 6-4 6-0
Maria Lourdes Carle (ARG) d. Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 6-4 3-6 6-0
Elena Rybakina (KAZ) d. Nadia Podoroska (ARG) 6-4 6-4
Maria Lourdes Carle (ARG) d. Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 6-7(3) 7-6(3) 0-0 retired
Anna Danilina/Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) d. Maria Lourdes Carle/Nadia Podoroska (ARG) 6-0 7-5
What. A. Finish! 🇰🇿
Anna Danilina & Yaroslava Shvedova send Kazakhstan to the Qualifiers with a dramatic deciding doubles win#BJKCup pic.twitter.com/prmWMVOtsX
— Billie Jean King Cup (@BJKCup) April 17, 2021
Netherlands defeated China, P.R. 3-2
Venue: Maaspoort Sports & Events, ’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Surface: clay, indoors
Kiki Bertens (NED) d. Wang Xinyu (CHN) 6-2 6-0
Wang Xiyu (CHN) d. Arantxa Rus (NED) 6-1 3-6 6-2
Wang Xiyu (CHN) d. Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove (NED) 6-3 5-7 6-4
Arantxa Rus (NED) d. Wang Xinyu (CHN) 6-4 4-3 retired
Arantxa Rus/Demi Schuurs (NED) d. Xu YiFan/Zhang Shuai (CHN) 6-1 6-4
