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Eight qualifying series are being held this
weekend around the world.
Each best-of-five series consists of two singles matches on
Friday, then two reverse singles matches and a doubles match on
Saturday.
The eight winning teams advance to the event's final rounds to
be held in November at Seville, Spain. They will join four teams
that are already qualified: reigning champion Canada, 2023
runner-up Italy, host Spain and wild-card nation Czech Republic.
Australia became the first team to advance, jumping out to an
insurmountable 3-0 lead on Mexico on Saturday (local time) in
Brisbane, Australia. On Friday, Arina Rodionova beat Giuliana
Olmos 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 and Daria Saville routed Marcela Zacarias
6-1, 6-0. Taylah Preston sealed the series with a 6-1, 6-1
triumph over Zacarias.
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek cruised past Switzerland's Simona
Waltert 6-3, 6-1 to help Poland establish a 2-0 lead in Biel,
Switzerland.
In other action, Great Britain is level 1-1 with host France in
Le Portel; Japan took a 2-0 lead over Kazakhstan in Tokyo;
Germany jumped on top of Brazil 2-0 in Sao Paulo; host Slovakia
went up 2-0 on Slovenia in Bratislava; and Ukraine established a
2-0 advantage on Romania in Fernandina Beach, Fla.
--Field Level Media
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