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Organisers have scrapped the group stage for the finals, scheduled for November 12 till November 20 this 12 months. The highest 4 seeded nations will obtain byes into the quarter-finals at La Cartuja Stadium in Seville, with the opposite eight groups to play in spherical one.
The 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Seville might be performed as a straight knock-out competitors with out a group part for the primary time, the Worldwide Tennis Federation introduced Thursday.
Organisers have scrapped the group stage for the finals, scheduled for November 12 till November 20 this 12 months.
The highest 4 seeded nations will obtain byes into the quarter-finals at La Cartuja Stadium in Seville, with the opposite eight groups to play in spherical one.
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The Billie Jean King Cup and Davis Cup Finals, which might be held in Malaga from November 19, will even overlap for the primary time, making a “fortnight of World Cup tennis”.
“This supplies us with an amazing alternative to maximise viewing and fan engagement throughout each World Cup of tennis competitions,” mentioned ITF president David Haggerty.
“That is additionally an thrilling method for followers to take pleasure in each the lads’s and ladies’s occasions and, by travelling between two cities, take full benefit of the Andalusian area.”
The qualifying rounds have been accomplished earlier in April. Reigning BJK Cup champions Canada have been joined within the Finals by Australia, the Czech Republic, Britain, Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, the USA and hosts Spain.