The first semi-finalist of the qualifying tournament of the Asia/Oceania Final Juniors Billie Jean King Cup zone was determined at the Beeline Arena National Tennis Centre in Shymkent.
In the quarterfinals, the Kazakhstan girls’ team under 16 won against the Indian team. In the first game, Yerkezhan Zhanatayeva won a strong-willed victory over Mundhe Arun in a two-hour battle – 6:7 (3:7), 6:4, 6:3. The decisive point for the Kazakhstan team was brought by Eva Korysheva, who confidently beat Aakhan Aakhan with a score of 6:1, 6:1.
Thus, the team from Kazakhstan has made it through ahead of schedule to the final stage of the Billie Jean King Junior Cup, which will be held in Chile in November 2025. In 2023, the Kazakhstani U16 girls’ team took 9th place at the final stage of the World Championship in Seville.
In the semi-finals of the selection, Yaroslava Shvedova’s team will meet the winners of the match between the teams of the Republic of Korea and Chinese Taipei tomorrow, May 16. Let us recall that in Group D, the Kazakhstan team took first place, beating the teams of China (2:1), Thailand (3:0) and the Philippines (3:0).
SOURCE: Kazakhstan Tennis Federation
