SHENZHEN, China — Jessica Pegula and Taylor Townsend despatched america into the Billie Jean King Cup semifinals for the primary time since 2021 after beating Kazakhstan 2-1 on Thursday.
Pegula and Townsend topped Yulia Putintseva and Elena Rybakina 6-2, 7-6 (1) within the deciding doubles.
In singles, Emma Navarro surprised Putintseva 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (6) after saving two match factors. Putintseva led 6-4 within the tiebreak however Navarro took the final 4 factors after 2 1/2 hours.
Former Wimbledon champion Rybakina evened the quarterfinal by dispatching Pegula 6-4, 6-1 in a top-10 conflict.
Pegula disregarded her first loss to Rybakina in 2 1/2 years by pairing with Townsend, the world doubles No. 1 and two-time main doubles champion, who created some controversy this week in feedback about Chinese language meals.
Townsend dominated the primary set and the U.S. pair strode by the second set tiebreak, profitable on a Rybakina double fault.
“I needed to sort of redeem myself a bit bit on the market in opposition to her (Rybakina), attempt to assist my workforce get a win,” Pegula stated.
The U.S. will play Britain within the semifinals on Saturday.
Britain beat Japan after profitable each singles in straight units of their quarterfinal.
Sonay Kartal overcame Ena Shibahara 6-3, 7-6 (4). Shibahara had a break level for 5-4 within the second set and led 3-1 within the tiebreak. Katie Boulter clinched the tie by defeating Moyuka Uchijima 6-2, 6-1 of their first profession matchup.
Within the different half of the draw, Ukraine faces defending champion Italy within the semifinals on Friday. Marta Kostyuk and Elina Svitolina gained singles matches over Jessica Bouzas Maneiro and Paula Badosa, respectively, to place Ukraine by to the ultimate 4. Italy beat host China.
The BJK Cup was previously often called the Fed Cup, and america is essentially the most profitable workforce as an 18-time winner, however not since 2017.
