Billie Jean King Cup draw

MOSCOW, July 8 The women's tennis team of Kazakhstan will play with the teams of Spain and Great Britain in the group stage of the Billie Jean King Cup, according to the website of the tournament. The team of Kazakhstan got into group C. Elena Rybakina can play for the national team. She reached the Wimbledon final this week, her first Grand Slam final. Rybakina is a native of Moscow, until 2018 she represented Russia. In June 2018, she changed her sports citizenship to Kazakhstani.The rest of the groups are as follows:group A — Switzerland, Canada, Italy; group B — Australia, Slovakia, Belgium; group D — Czech Republic, USA, Poland. The final tournament of the Billie Jean King Cup will be held from 8 to 13 November in Glasgow. The four group winners will advance to the semi-finals of the tournament. The current winners of the Billie Jean King Cup are Russian tennis players who have become five-time champions of the tournament. In early March, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) suspended the membership of the Russian Tennis Federation and the Belarus Tennis Federation, tennis players from these countries were suspended from participating in the Billie Jean King Cup. This tournament was previously called the Federation Cup, but was renamed in honor of the former first racket of the world , American tennis player Billie Jean King, who has won 12 Grand Slam singles titles in her career, including six victories at Wimbledon.