Primary-ranked Iga Swiatek clinched a berth for Poland within the Billie Jean King Cup Finals by defeating Switzerland’s Celine Naef 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday to take an insurmountable 3-0 lead within the best-of-five-match qualifying spherical.
Swiatek, who has claimed Grand Slam titles on the French Open and one on the U.S. Open, additionally received her opening singles match on an indoor laborious court docket at Biel, Switzerland, on Friday.
Japan, Australia and Slovakia had been among the many international locations that superior Saturday to the Finals, which shall be held in Seville, Spain, in November.
Japan went forward 3-0 over Kazakhstan and Australia went up 3-0 over Mexico to advance to the Finals.
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Slovakia moved into the Finals when 16-year-old Renata Jamrichova defeated Veronika Erjavec 6-2, 6-0 on an indoor laborious court docket in Bratislava to provide the hosts a 3-0 edge over visiting Slovenia.
The eight winners in qualifying will be part of defending champion Canada, 2023 runner-up Italy, host Spain and wild-card choice Czech Republic within the 12-country Finals subject.
Heading into Saturday, 2021 U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu and Britain was tied 1-1 with France, the US led Belgium 2-0, Ukraine led Romania 2-0, and Germany was forward of Brazil 2-0.