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The Billie Jean King Cup Finals will move to a knockout format this year, pinch nan last taking spot successful Seville connected 20 November.
An extended nine-day arena will overlap concisely pinch nan men's Davis Cup Final 8, which originates successful Malaga connected nan eve of nan Billie Jean King Cup final.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) says nan purpose successful revamping nan women's arena is to “maximise nan visibility” and to create a “fortnight of World Cup tennis” successful Andalucia.
Great Britain qualified for nan Billie Jean King Cup Finals by beating France successful Le Portel successful April. Canada are nan defending champions and Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka could compete for Poland, nan USA and Japan respectively.
The eight-team line-up for nan Davis Cup showpiece will not beryllium confirmed until September. Great Britain will look opposition from Canada, Argentina and Finland erstwhile they effort to suffice successful Manchester.
The Billie Jean King Cup Finals were antecedently played complete six days, pinch nan 12 teams divided into 4 groups and nan winners contesting nan semi-finals.
With this year's changes, 4 teams will person a bye to nan past 8 while nan different 8 nations compete for a spot successful nan quarter-finals.
The Seville arena will statesman connected Tuesday, 12 November, 3 days aft nan conclusion of nan WTA Finals successful Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
This will springiness players clip to recreation and acclimatise to nan conditions successful confederate Spain. World number 1 Swiatek opted retired of nan 2022 and 2023 Billie Jean King Cup Finals arsenic nan schedule allowed her nary clip to hole pursuing WTA Finals staged successful Texas and Mexico.
The first six days of nan women's squad arena will conflict pinch nan men’s ATP Finals successful Turin, but nan ITF will dream its midweek semi-finals and last are watched by a ample audience.
The tie for nan new-look Billie Jean King Cup Finals will return spot connected 30 April.
