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 the complete Billie Jean King Cup finals November 13-Twentieth.
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TC commences protection of the Billie Jean King Cup finals dwell from Malaga, Spain, Wednesday, November 13, with a battle between Spain and Poland at midday Jap time.
The US 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 document of 33-3 as a participant, together with a 7-0 doubles document. The group is ready 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, america has received the cup a document 18 instances.
The Billie Jean King Cup Finals includes a single-elimination match with nations competing to advance within the bracket. Each head-to-head battle consists of two singles matches adopted by a doubles contest, with every value one level. The nation that wins two matches will transfer to the subsequent spherical.
4 of the 12 nations have an computerized bye to the second-round quarterfinals. The champion shall 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 shall 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 enjoying days within the occasion, as her American groups received the crown in 1978, 1979 and 1980, the three years she competed. Shriver, among the best 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 group. Shelby Rogers was on the doubles group that clinched america’ most up-to-date championship in 2017, and rounds out Tennis Channel’s on-air group this week.
Billie Jean King Cup Finals protection on Tennis Channel and T2 shall be a part of the community’s worldwide Middle Court docket programming, together with the boys’s ATP Finals. All matches may be seen dwell and on-demand on the community’s app and web site.
Davenport’s U.S. group 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.
