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 defeated Putintseva 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (6) and Rybakina evened the quarterfinal by dispatching Pegula 6-4, 6-1.
Townsend, a two-time main doubles champion, created some controversy this week together with her feedback about Chinese language meals for which she later apologized.
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The U.S. will play Japan or Britain within the semifinals Saturday. Japan and Britain play their quarterfinal later Thursday.
Within the different half of the draw, Ukraine faces defending champion Italy within the semifinals Friday. Marta Kostyuk and Elina Svitolina received singles matches over Jessica Bouzas Maneiro and Paula Badosa, respectively, to place Ukraine by means of to the ultimate 4. Italy beat host China.
The BJK Cup was previously generally known as the Fed Cup. The US is probably the most profitable staff as an 18-time winner however has not held the title since 2017.
