Tennis: Billie Jean King Cup

Fixture: (GRE) Maria Sakkari vs (CAN) Leylah Fernandez Date: January 3, 2024 Tournament:United Cup 2024 Round: Group stage Venue: Ken Rosewell Arena, Sydney, Australia Surface: Outdoor hardcourt Prize money: $10000000 Greece's Maria Sakkari will take on Canada's Leylah Fernandez in the group stage of the 2024 United Cup on Wednesday. Sakkari faced…

The two in-form teams of the week will face off in today's final. Canada stunned the Czech Republic in the last four, while Italy dispatched Slovenia in the semi-finals 12 November 2023 Canada will come up against Italy in their maiden Billie Jean King Cup final, after they stunned 11-time champions Czech Republic in the semi-finals. Barbora…

First-round action continues on Day 3 of the WTA 250 in Rabat, Morocco. Chances of inclement weather persist, but we do have a slew of entertaining matches once the sun is out including a third career meeting between Rebecca Peterson and Lucia Bronzetti. Who will reach the round of 16? We also look at the day's other matches in a separate…

Great Britain face an uphill task to reach the Billie Jean King Cup Finals after losing both singles matches on day one of their tie against France. Katie Boulter was beaten 6-7 (2-7) 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-2) by world number five Caroline Garcia to put France 1-0 up. Harriet Dart, the highest-ranked player in Emma Raducanu's absence, then lost 7-6 (8-6)…

The WTA Hobart International event continues on day three after an entertaining start to the tournament in Tasmania. A number of star names have already fallen by the wayside; will day three bring more upsets? As always, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for every match on the schedule, including Anhelina Kalinina vs Tatjana Maria,…

Battling a leg injury, Storm Sanders has paired with 38-year-old Sam Stosur to send Australia through to its first Billie Jean King Cup final. The continuing heroics of double winner Sanders alongside the seemingly ageless Stosur has left captain Alicia Molik believing her team of battlers is now ready to be crowned world champion in Glasgow. In a…

Britain, who did not qualify but were given a spot as hosts, lost the best-of-three tie when Olivia Nicholls and Alicia Barnett were beaten in a tense deciding doubles in Glasgow. Britain trailed 1-0 when Heather Watson lost to Storm Sanders in the singles. Harriet Dart levelled by beating Ajla Tomljanovic - but Australia progressed. Australia,…

Great Britain reached the semi-finals of the Billie Jean King Cup for the first time since 1981 after beating Spain 3-0 in a must-win match. After losing 2-1 to Kazakhstan in the opening tie on Tuesday and Spain's 3-0 win against the same opposition the following day, Anne Keothavong's side knew anything other than a 3-0 win would mean they would…

With plenty of star names in the draw, it promises to be an entertaining week of tennis at at the WTA Monastir Open, and as always at LWOT, we're offering our predictions for every match on the slate, including Claire Liu vs Ana Konjuh. But who will come out on top? Head-to-head: first meeting Like Laura Pigossi, Despina Papamichail is much more…