Korea loses 2 to Kazakhstan on first day of Billie Jean King Cup tennis

Korea loses 2 to Kazakhstan on first day of Billie Jean King Cup tennis

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The Korean women's national tennis team suffered two losses to Kazakhstan on the first day of the Billie Jean King Cup playoffs, an international competition.

On the 16th (local time), in the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup playoff (4th Dan, 1st Doubles) away match against Kazakhstan, our country's Baek Da-yeon (314th, NH Nonghyup Bank) and Park So-hyun (355th, Seongnam City Hall), who played in singles, both lost.

Baek Da-yeon, who participated in the first singles, lost 1-2 (6-3 3-6 6-7<0-7>) to Zarina Dias (383rd) in a close match that lasted 2 hours and 50 minutes, and Park So-hyun, who participated in the second singles, lost 0-2 (2-6 2-6) to 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina (6th).

Baek Da-yeon was disappointed that she failed to protect her serve game when she was leading 5-4 and 6-5 in the third set.

With this, our country now needs to win both the 3rd and 4th singles 파워볼 and doubles on the 17th to turn the tables.

The country that wins the playoffs will advance to the finals in April 2025, while the loser will be relegated to Group 1.

Korea also made it to the playoffs last year, but lost 0-4 to Brazil and was relegated to Group 1 in the Asia-Oceania region. However, it succeeded in making it to the playoffs again this year.

On the 17th, Baek Da-yeon will face Rybakina, and Park So-hyun will play against Diaz.

The doubles match will be between the pair of Gu Yeon-woo (Seongnam City Hall) - Kim Da-bin (Gangwon Provincial Office) and the pair of Zibek Kulambayeva - Anna Danilina.