Defending champions Italy to take on hosts China at BJK Cup finals in Shenzhen

Reuters

Published 2 months ago

Italy will begin ⁠their Billie Jean King Cup title defence ‌against hosts China, while ‌second seeds Britain ‌will face the Czech ‌Republic in the quarter-finals ‌which are set to be played ‌in Shenzhen in September.

[p]Third ‌seeds Ukraine and Belgium will also face off in the quarter-finals, and the winner will face either ⁠Italy or China in the semi-finals.[/p][p]Kazakhstan will take on fourth ‌seeds Spain in the other quarter-final. Each tie will have two singles and a doubles match as best-of-three tiebreak sets.[/p][embed guid="d63c0de8-dc4f-4b95-b762-186df5caf99c" url="https://x.com/BJKCup/status/2064976841895497835" social-type="twitter" /][p]The quarter-finals will kick ‌off on September 22, with the final ‌set for five days later at the Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre Arena.[/p]

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