Wednesday, 3 November 2021

2021 Billie Jean King Cup Finals - Day 2

The 2021 Billie Jean King Cup Finals - Day 2

2021 Billie Jean King Cup Finals (culmination of the 2020-2021 Billie Jean King Cup - an ITF/WTA team event), on Hard Indoor, in Prague, Czech Republic, 1-6 November 2021.

Defending  champion (2019):
France which defeated Australia in the final in Perth, November 2019. (then known as the Fed Cup)

The 2020 final was unable to be played due to COVID-19.

* Deciding set in the doubles matches is a 10 point tie break (first to ten, and with at least a two point advantage)

Group A:

Russian Tennis Federation defeated Canada 3-0

Daria Kasatkina (RTF) defeated Carol Zhao (Canada) 6-3 6-1
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RTF) defeated Rebecca Marino (Canada) 6-4 4-6 6-2
Veronika Kudermetova / Liudmila Samsonova (RTF) defeated Gabriela Dabrowski / Rebecca Marino (Canada) 6-3 6-1

Group B:

Australia defeated Belgium 2-1

Daria Gavrilova (Australia) defeated Greet Minnen (Belgium) 6-4 1-6 6-4
Storm Sanders (Australia) defeated Elise Mertens (Belgium) 3-6 7-6(5) 6-0
Elise Mertens / Greet Minnen (Belgium) defeated Ellen Perez / Storm Sanders (Australia) 6-2 6-4

Group C:

Slovakia defeated USA 2-1

Viktoria Kuzmova (Slovakia) defeated Shelby Rogers (USA) 6-4 6-4
Danielle Collins (USA) defeated Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Slovakia) 6-3 6-2
Viktoria Kuzmova / Tereza Mihalikova (Slovakia) defeated Caroline Dolehide / CoCo Vandeweghe (USA) 6-2 6-7(5) 12-10 *

Group D:

Switzerland defeated Germany 3-0

Viktorija Golubic (Switzerland) defeated Andrea Petkovic (Germany) 6-4 7-5
Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) defeated Angelique Kerber (Germany) 5-7 6-2 6-2
Viktorija Golubic / Jil Teichmann (Switzerland) defeated Anna-Lena Friedsam / Nastasja Schunk (Germany) 6-1 6-2

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