2022 Billie Jean King Cup by BNP Paribas Qualifiers - Day One
The seven winning nations will join the four already qualified for the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup by BNP Paribas Finals to be contested in November.
Those four are:
- 2021 finalist Switzerland
- Australia (as higher ranked losing semi finalist from 2021, replaced 2021 champions Russia which was banned following its invasion of Ukraine)
- Slovakia (received a bye as its opponent in the qualifiers was to be Australia)
- Belgium (its opponent in the qualifiers was to be Belarus which was banned because of its support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine)
Seedings in brackets
Italy v France (2)
Tennis Club Alghero, Alghero SS, Italy
Jasmine Paolini (Italy) defeated Alizé Cornet (France) 2-6 6-1 7-6(2)
Camila Giorgi (Italy) defeated Oceane Dodin (France) 6-1 6-2
Italy leads 2-0
USA (3) v Ukraine
Harrah’s Cherokee Center, Asheville, USA
Alison Riske (USA) defeated Dayana Yastremska (Ukraine) 7-6(16) 7-5
Jessica Pegula (USA) defeated Katarina Zavatska (Ukraine) 6-2 6-1
USA leads 2-0
Czech Republic (4) v Great Britain
Tennis Club I.CLTK Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic) defeated Harriet Dart (Great Britain) 6-1 6-0
Emma Raducanu (Great Britain) defeated Tereza Martincova (Czech Republic) 7-5 7-5
Tie level at 1-1
Kazakhstan v Germany (6)
National Tennis Centre, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan) defeated Angelique Kerber (Germany) 3-6 6-3 6-2
Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) defeated Laura Siegemund (Germany) 6-0 6-1
Kazakhstan leads 2-0
Canada (7) v Latvia
Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada
Leylah Fernandez (Canada) defeated Darja Semenistaja (Latvia) 6-1 6-2
Rebecca Marino (Canada) defeated Daniela Vismane (Latvia) 6-3 6-7(4) 6-3
Canada leads 2-0
Netherlands v Spain (8)
Maaspoort Sports & Events, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Nuria Parrizas Diaz (Spain) defeated Arantxa Rus (Netherlands) 6-2 7-6(4)
Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spain) defeated Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove (Netherlands) 6-4 6-3
Spain leads 2-0
Poland v Romania (9)
Radomskie Centrum Sportu, Radom, Poland
Magda Linette (Poland) defeated Irina-Camelia Begu (Romania) 6-1 4-6 6-2
Iga Swiatek (Poland) defeated Mihaela Buzarnescu (Romania) 6-1 6-0
Poland leads 2-0
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