By Tennis Now | @Tennis_Now | Tuesday, November 12, 2024
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It is Billie Jean King Cup Finals week and Tennis Channel has all of the motion.
TC will televise your entire Billie Jean King Cup finals November 13-Twentieth.
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TC commences protection of the Billie Jean King Cup finals reside from Malaga, Spain, Wednesday, November 13, with a battle between Spain and Poland at midday Jap time.
The USA squad is captained by Corridor of Famer and Tennis Channel analyst Lindsay Davenport, who was a part of the 1996, 1999 and 2000 cup-winning squads and had a mixed file of 33-3 as a participant, together with a 7-0 doubles file. The workforce is about to play Slovakia on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at 12 p.m. ET, with the winner advancing to face Australia on November 17. Through the occasion’s historical past, the US has gained the cup a file 18 instances.
The Billie Jean King Cup Finals contains a single-elimination event with international locations competing to advance within the bracket. Each head-to-head battle consists of two singles matches adopted by a doubles contest, with every price one level. The nation that wins two matches will transfer to the following spherical.
4 of the 12 nations have an automated bye to the second-round quarterfinals. The champion will probably be topped November 20 at 12 p.m. ET. An entire schedule may be discovered on the Billie Jean King Cup web site: https://www.billiejeankingcup.com/en/tickets.
Corridor of Famers Tracy Austin and Pam Shriver will probably be on air throughout Tennis Channel’s protection of the Billie Jean King Cup Finals this yr. Austin is aware of solely championship outcomes from her taking part in days within the occasion, as her American groups gained the crown in 1978, 1979 and 1980, the three years she competed. Shriver, among the finest doubles gamers of all time, participated on U.S. cup-winning groups in 1986 and 1989, and was 19-1 in singles and doubles throughout her time within the competitors. They are going to be joined by Chanda Rubin, who represented the U.S. 5 instances and posted 7-3 singles and 1-0 doubles information. She was additionally a part of the 1999 cup championship workforce. Shelby Rogers was on the doubles workforce that clinched the US’ most up-to-date championship in 2017, and rounds out Tennis Channel’s on-air workforce this week.
Billie Jean King Cup Finals protection on Tennis Channel and T2 will probably be a part of the community’s worldwide Middle Courtroom programming, together with the lads’s ATP Finals. All matches may be considered reside and on-demand on the community’s app and web site.
Davenport’s U.S. workforce is headlined by World No. 11 singles star Danielle Collins and World No. 5 doubles sensation Taylor Townsend. Caroline Dolehide (No. 14, doubles), Peyton Stearns (No. 48, singles) and Ashlyn Krueger (No. 65, doubles) full the American roster.
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