By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Tuesday, October 31, 2024
Peyton Stearns has at all times been a faithful crew participant.
Subsequent week, Stearns will likely be representing Group USA.
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World No. 48 Peyton Stearns steps in for Madison Keys, who withdrew from the crew, on the US squad that may play subsequent week’s Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Seville, Spain.
Stearns joins Sloane Stephens, Danielle Collins, Sofia Kenin and Taylor Townsend on the American crew.
The 22-year-old Stearns reached her first WTA singles remaining this April in Bogota and rose to a career-high rating of No. 43 in September.
A 3-time all-American on the College of Texas, Stearns made historical past as the primary participant in Texas historical past to win the NCAA singles title, which she captured within the spring of 2022. Stearns turned the primary lady since Nicole Gibbs in 2013 to win the NCAA singles and crew titles in the identical yr.
Stearns cites the success of two-time NCAA singles champion Danielle Collins, who reached the 2022 Australian Open remaining and a career-high rank of No. 7 as a optimistic affect in encouraging her to pursue a professional profession.
At Roland Garros final summer time, Stearns knocked off a pair of former French Open singles and doubles champions defeating Jelena Ostapenko and Katerina Siniakova.
a star is born 🌟
🇺🇸 Peyton Stearns recaps the largest win of her professional profession over Ostapenko!#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/i1yKAn6P8j
— Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) Could 31, 2023
The 5’8″ Stearns reached the US Open fourth spherical final month, pushing Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova to 3 units earlier than bowing.
The US opens its Finals marketing campaign in Seville on Thursday, November 9, with a Group-stage matchup vs. Switzerland, at 4 p.m. native time, and conclude Group play vs. the Czech Republic on Friday, November 10, at 4 p.m. native time. The Group winner of these three nations will advance to Saturday’s semifinals.
The championship tie is Sunday, November 12.
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