The Royal Spanish Tennis Federation announced this morning at the headquarters of the Higher Sports Council (CSD) the list of players who will compete in the finals of the Billie Jean King Cup to be held from November 7 to 12 at the Estadio de la Cartuja, in Seville. The team captain, Anabel Medina, has finally decided to call up Paula Badosa, one of the names that was flying over the selectable list, despite the fact that the tennis player has not competed since July, when she withdrew from the second round of Wimbledon due to problems in her back to the Ukrainian, Marta Kostyuk.
“Confirming the good progress of my back, my goal is to play in the Billie Jean King Cup. Representing my country always motivates me a lot and makes me excited. “I am going to do everything I can to get there,” the world number 56 wrote last Sunday on Instagram, making clear her intentions to resume her activity on the slopes.
The player from Begur will accompany Sara Sorribes, number 57 in the WTA, Rebeka Masárová (69), Cristina Bucsa (78) and Marina Bassols (111) in this event in the mission to win the women's Davis Cup, which celebrates its anniversary this year. 60th anniversary. In this sense, former Spanish champion Conchita Martínez will be the director of the Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Finals: “It is a privilege to assume this responsibility. I thank the ITF for that. Representing my country in this competition has always been an honor and winning it has been everything,” the five-time champion of the championship with Spain said in July when her new position was announced.
The president of the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation, Miguel Díaz, left the door open to the Spanish team's sixth title: "Why not? We have everything: a great captain and some great players," he said. Anabel Medina also dedicated a few words of gratitude to Nuria Párrizas (132) and Aliona Bolsova (135), tennis players who were left out of the call.
The national team's journey will begin in a month with Canada and Poland as rivals in the group stage within Group C in the afternoon game of Wednesday, November 8 and Friday, November 10, respectively. The first classified will advance to the semifinals. The rest of the groups in this Women's Tennis World Cup are made up of Switzerland, which defends its title, the Czech Republic and the United States in Group A; Australia, Kazakhstan and Slovenia in Group B; and France, Italy and Germany in Group D.
