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Serena Set For Fed Cup Return


Serena Williams will follow the Happy Slam with a homecoming weekend.

The 23-time Grand Slam champion is set to lead the United States against Latvia in a Fed Cup qualifying set for February 7-8th at Angel Of The Winds Arena in Everett, Washington. 

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Williams last played Fed Cup in February 2018 in her competitive return to tennis following the birth of her daughter, Olympia.

The 38-year-old Williams owns a 13-0 singles record and 3-2 mark in doubles over 10 Fed Cup ties played since 1999, when she and sister Venus were a part of the Americans’ Fed Cup title-winning team.

A four-time Olympic gold-medal champion, Williams has said she aims to represent the USA at the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games. 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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The Fed Cup qualifier is a best-of-five match series played over two days, with each nation fielding a team of four or five players. The tie begins at 7 p.m. Friday, February 7th, with two singles matches between each country’s No. 1- and No. 2-nominated players.

Two reverse singles matches and the doubles match will follow at 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 8th.

The winner of this matchup advances to the 2020 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Finals April 14-19th in Budapest, Hungary—a new format for the Finals similar to the World Cup in which 12 nations converge on one venue to compete for the title.

The U.S. team can feature as many as five players, and the final nominations must be made by 10 a.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, January 28th. The U.S. currently has seven players in the Top 30 of the world rankings.

Matches will be played at Angel Of The Winds Arena on a temporary indoor hard court, with an amended schedule possible for Saturday should one nation clinch victory in the third or fourth singles match.

Tickets can be purchased at usta.com/fedcup.

Two-day ticket packages for both Friday and Saturday—the best initial ticket value—will be sold at prices ranging from $50 to $250 or $25 to $125 per day. Single-day tickets for Friday or Saturday will be sold with prices ranging from $30 to $135 per day. Visit usta.com/fedcup for more information.

Photo credit: USTA

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