Cordoba, Spain, 8 November 2023 | Leigh Rogers
The Australian 16-and-under group has made a powerful begin on the 2023 Junior Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Spain.
With two wins from their opening two round-robin matches, the Australian group has sealed their development to the quarterfinals.
Tahlia Kokkinis, a 15-year-old from Brisbane, has gained each of her singles matches to date, whereas 15-year-old Emerson Jones and 14-year-old Koharu Nishikawa are unbeaten in doubles.
Jones, from the Gold Coast, is Australia’s top-ranked junior at world No.11.
The Australian group performs its last round-robin match towards the Czech Republic in Cordoba on Wednesday (from 8.30pm AEDT).
| Junior Billie Jean King Cup 2023 Group A standings |
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| Ties gained | Ties misplaced | Rubbers gained | Rubbers misplaced | Units gained | Units misplaced | |
| Czech Republic | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| Australia | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 4 |
| Latvia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| Canada | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
> VIEW: Full outcomes from the 2023 Junior Billie Jean King Cup Finals
The highest-two performing nations in every group, which is already assured to be Australia and the Czech Republic in Group A, advance to the elimination stage, which begins on Friday.
The Australian group, led by captain Olivia Wealthy, is aiming to win the Junior Billie Jean King Cup for the primary time since 2011, when a 15-year-old Ash Barty steered the nation to victory.
The group plans to make use of their scheduled relaxation day on Thursday to journey to Seville to help their senior compatriots in a must-win tie towards Kazakhstan on the 2023 Billie Jean King Cup Finals.
> READ: Australia decided to bounce again after round-robin loss to Slovenia
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