Doha doubles champions Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff will reunite in Delray Beach.
World No. 3 Pegula has joined Gauff on the United States squad that may host Austria within the Billie Jean King Cup Qualifying tie set for April 14-15 on the Delray Beach Tennis Center in Delray Beach, Florida, the USTA introduced at present.
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Last week, Pegula reached the Doha singles last, falling to world No. 1 Swiatek, and gained the doubles crown with Gauff. This week, each Pegula and Gauff have reached the singles quarterfinals within the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
Pegula could be the highest-ranked participant to compete for the U.S. Billie Jean King Cup squad since No. 1 Serena Williams in 2015. Pegula and Gauff collectively would give the U.S. group two gamers ranked contained in the Top 6 on the identical squad for the primary time because the 2005 World Group first spherical, when No. 1 Lindsay Davenport and No. 4 Serena Williams featured for a U.S. squad that defeated Belgium, additionally on the Delray Beach Tennis Center.
Gauff is at the moment ranked No. 2 in doubles and Pegula No. 4. The pair fell within the Dubai doubles quarterfinals to the Chan sisters.
The U.S. group will function a complete of 4 to 5 gamers. The last group nominations will likely be made by March 13.
The Qualifier is a best-of-five match sequence that begins Friday, April 14, with two singles matches. Two reverse singles matches and a doubles match will comply with on Saturday, April 15, with an amended Saturday schedule attainable if one nation clinches victory within the third or fourth singles match.
Tickets are on sale to most of the people by way of Ticketmaster.com. Visit usta.com/billiejeankingcup for extra info.
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