Whenever Argentina and Brazil face each other, it is attractive. And on the eve of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, the most important countries in South America will meet in a Billie Jean King Cup tennis playoff to decide which country qualifies for the 2023 edition qualifiers of the women’s Davis Cup. The series will be played this Friday and Saturday at the Tucumán Lawn Tennis Clubfrom San Miguel de Tucumán.
On the first day, which will start at 12, there will be a singles match between the two best players of each team. The next day, from 11 o’clock, the second meeting will take place and, if necessary, a doubles. All the matches, scheduled for the best of three sets and whose protagonists will be defined on Thursday, will be broadcast live by TyC Sportsso they can also be seen on the digital platform TyC Sports Play.
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The Argentine team, whose captain is mercedes peace and is 23rd in the world ranking, it is made up Nadia Podoroska, Solana Sierra, Paula Ormaechea, Julia Riera and Lourdes Carlé. In the case of Podoroska and Ormaechea, they return to the team. “I have many options, perhaps like never before, and the girls are at a very good level,” said the coach in the run-up to the series.
Brazilian head coach Roberta Burzaglifor its part, has Beatriz Haddad Maia -15th in the WTA ranking-, Laura Pigossi, Carolina Alves, Ingrid Martins y Luisa Stefani. His directed are favorites to win the duel.
The last series that Argentina played in the Billie Jean King Cup was in April of this year against Mexico and they won 2-0 with victories by Sierra and Carlé. Before, he defeated Colombia, lost to Brazil and beat Guatemala.
Brazil, 19th in the world ranking, also played in April and beat Chile 2-0 in a promotion playoff. Pigossi and Haddad gave the two points to Burzagli’s team, which previously beat Argentina, Colombia and Guatemala.
The history between Argentina and Brazil
Both countries met seven times with four Argentine victories and three Brazilian ones. The team from Rio de Janeiro took the last three series, one of them in April this year by group I of America of the Billie Jean King Cup that took place in Ecuador. The rest of the wins were in 2019 in Colombia and in 2018 in Paraguay, all 2-1.
The first four times they faced each other, Argentina won. In 1991, in England for a World Group tie, it was 2-1. In 2007 the national team smiled 2-0 in a final of group I of America that they played at home; in 2016 they celebrated 2-1 in Bolivia and in 2017 for the same result in Mexico.
The Billie Jean King Cup, in march
The 2022 edition of the previously named Fed Cup takes place in Glasgow, Scotland, until November 13 with the participation of 12 teams. Among them is not the last champion, Russia, after the International Tennis Federation (FIT) suspended him for invading Ukraine.
The main favorite for the title is the United States, the top winner with 18 stars. The Czech Republic was champion 11 times, Australia seven, and Spain and Russia five each.
