{"id":9388,"date":"2023-11-08T05:02:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T10:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=9388"},"modified":"2023-11-08T07:05:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T12:05:25","slug":"team-canada-will-feature-a-blend-of-youth-and-experience-at-billie-jean-king-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/team-canada-will-feature-a-blend-of-youth-and-experience-at-billie-jean-king-cup","title":{"rendered":"Team Canada Will Feature A Blend Of Youth and Experience At Billie Jean King Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"250\" src=\"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/billie-jean-cup.jpg\" alt=\"Billie Jean King Cup\" class=\"wp-image-9389\" style=\"width:300px\" title=\"Team Canada Will Feature A Blend Of Youth and Experience At Billie Jean King Cup\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Billie Jean King Cup will see a total of 12 countries compete against each other<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The tournament will take place in Seville, Spain with the finals taking place on Nov 12<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Team Canada are confident as they have sent a great team blending youth and experience&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Billie Jean King Cup<\/strong> is currently taking place at the Estadio La Cartuja in Seville, Spain with 12 countries taking part in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/tennis\">tennis tournament<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Billie Jean King Cup is named after the veteran American tennis player who won a total of 12 grand slams and is often referred to as the &#8220;<em>World Cup of Tennis for women<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2023-billie-jean-king-cup\"><strong>2023 Billie Jean King Cup<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This tournament used to be called the Federation Cup but was renamed as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billiejeankingcup.com\">Billie Jean King Cup<\/a> in 2020 to honour Billie Jean King who won the Fed Cup 4 times as a captain and 7 times as a player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 12 countries taking part in the tournament are hosts <strong>Spain, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Germany, France, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Kazakhstan, Poland and the United States<\/strong>. The 2022 Billie Jean King championship was won by Switzerland who defeated Australian in the finals. Poland gained entry into the 2023 Billie Jean King Cup via a wildcard while Great Britain failed to qualify for this year\u2019s tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Promo: 2023 Billie Jean King Cup Finals\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4P-0T2syuy8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"team-canada-confident-with-strong-squad\"><strong>Team Canada Confident With Strong Squad<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Team Canada will start the tournament on Nov 08 when they face hosts Spain and will then play Poland on Nov 09. Team Canada look to be one of the strongest team\u2019s on paper at the tournament as Team Canada features a nice blend of youth and experience.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Team Canada will feature the young and exciting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/leylah-fernandez-and-gabriela-dabrowski-taste-success-in-hong-kong\"><strong>Leylah Fernandez<\/strong> who won the Hong Open in 2023<\/a>. Fernandez is just 21 years old and will be looking to continue her run of good form at the Billie Jean King Cup. Also in the squad is <strong>Genie Bouchard<\/strong> who is returning to represent Team Canada after a break of over 5 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other players in the squad include 18 year old <strong>Marina Stakusic<\/strong> who has had a great run in 2023. In September, she won the <em>ITF Player of the Month<\/em> and has also tasted success in Spain after winning a title in Valladolid, Spain. The other two players in Team Canada are veteran <strong>Rebecca Marino<\/strong> who is 32 years old and <strong>Gaby Dabrowski<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Summary The Billie Jean King Cup is currently taking place at the Estadio La Cartuja in Seville, Spain with 12 countries taking part in the tennis tournament. 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