By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday October 30, 2024
2024 US Open runner up Jessica Pegula won’t compete for Workforce USA at this 12 months’s BJK Cup finals.
The USTA introduced the information on Wednesday, saying the Ashlyn Krueger will exchange her on the crew.
Krueger will be a part of Danielle Collins, Peyton Stearns, Taylor Townsend and Caroline Dolehide on the U.S. Billie Jean King Cup crew competing within the upcoming Finals, to be performed November 13-20 in Malaga, Spain.
Will probably be a BJK Cup debut for Krueger, a 6-foot-1 20-year-old from Dallas who notched three wins over High-25 gamers over the summer season and reached the third spherical of the US Open. She’s at present ranked No. 65 in singles and No. 64 in doubles.
Krueger took out teen sensation Mirra Andreeva, 6-1, 6-4 on the Grandstand at this 12 months’s US Open, as she broke the 17-year-old’s serve six instances and dominated from the baseline to win in 64 minutes. She is a former Orange Bowl and USTA 18s champion.
Ashlyn Krueger will exchange Jessica Pegula at subsequent month’s Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Malaga, Spain. pic.twitter.com/tzcPzcqwq0
— USTA (@usta) October 30, 2024
The U.S. will play Slovakia within the first spherical in Malaga on November 14, with the winner advancing to play Australia within the quarterfinals. Every tie might be a best-of-three competitors with two singles matches and one doubles match.
