| International Tennis Federation- The ITF has today announced the nominations for the 12 teams competing to be crowned champions at the Billie Jean King Cup by BNP Paribas Finals in Prague from 1-6 November 2021. No. 1 seeds and defending champions France will have three of their 2019 winning team with Caroline Garcia, Alize Cornet and Fiona Ferro among the players named by captain Julien Benneteau, as they bid to defend their title. Czech Republic will be looking to build on their success at Tokyo 2020, with medallists Barbora Krejcikova, Marketa Vondrousova and Katerina Siniakova all named in the Czech team bidding to be crowned champions on home soil. Olympic singles gold medallist Belinda Bencic will lead the Swiss team while mixed doubles gold medallist Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova headlines a strong Russian Tennis Federation (RTF) team. Grand Slam singles champions Garbine Muguruza, Victoria Azarenka, Angelique Kerber and Sloane Stephens are also named to compete for their respective nations. Billie Jean King Cup by BNP Paribas Finals 2021 – Full Team Nominations: Group A France Caroline Garcia Alize Cornet Clara Burel Fiona Ferro Captain: Julien Benneteau Russian Tennis Federation (RTF) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Daria Kasatkina Veronika Kudermetova Ekaterina Alexandrova Liudmila Samsonova Captain: Igor Andreev Canada Leylah Fernandez Rebecca Marino Francoise Abanda Gabriela Dabrowski Captain: Sylvain Bruneau Group B Australia Ajla Tomljanovic Astra Sharma Storm Sanders Olivia Gadecki Ellen Perez Captain: Alicia Molik Belarus Victoria Azarenka Aliaksandra Sasnovich Olga Govortsova Yuliya Hatouka Lidziya Marozava Captain: Tatiana Poutchek Belgium Elise Mertens Alison Van Uytvanck Greet Minnen Maryna Zanevska Kirsten Flipkens Captain: Johan Van Herck Group C USA Jessica Pegula Danielle Collins Sloane Stephens CoCo Vandeweghe Caroline Dolehide Captain: Kathy Rinaldi Spain Garbine Muguruza Paula Badosa Sara Sorribes Tormo Nuria Parrizas-Diaz Carla Suarez Navarro Captain: Anabel Medina Garrigues Slovakia Anna Karolina Schmiedlova Kristina Kucova Viktoria Kuzmova Rebecca Sramkova Tereza Mihalikova Captain: Matej Liptak Group D Czech Republic Barbora Krejcikova Marketa Vondrousova Tereza Martincova Katerina Siniakova Lucie Hradecka Captain: Petr Pala Germany Angelique Kerber Andrea Petkovic Anna-Lena Friedsam Jule Niemeier Nastasja Schunk Captain: Rainer Schuettler Switzerland Belinda Bencic Jil Teichmann Viktorija Golubic Stefanie Voegele Captain: Heinz Guenthardt |
