Olympic champion named in China’s team for Billie Jean King Cup, only days after surgery ruled her out of US Open.

The Billie Jean King Cup Finals are taking shape, with the lineup of eight teams vying for the title now announced. The ...

Defending champion Italy will face host China when the Billie Jean King Cup finals kick off on September 16 in Shenzhen, ...

Full team: Jasmine Paolini, Lucia Bronzetti, Elisabetta Cocciaretto, Sara Errani; captain – Tathiana Garbin. Having missed ...

(Reuters) -Defending champions Italy, featuring world number nine Jasmine Paolini, will face hosts China led by Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen when the Billie Jean King Cup finals kick off on September ...

Team nominations for the 2025 Billie Jean King Cup Finals were announced on Monday, with Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen set to lead host China in the eight-team tournament scheduled for September 16 to ...

Chinese tennis star Zheng Qinwen has officially withdrawn from the 2025 US Open, scheduled to take place from August 24 to September 7, marking her first absence from a Grand Slam event, per US Open ...

Tennis legend and LGBTQ+ advocate Billie Jean King has spoken out in defence of trans athletes amid efforts to exclude them ...

WHEN BILLIE JEAN KING was awarded the Sports Illustrated Sportsman Of The Year in 1972 (which still remains a bit of a misnomer), not only was she the first tennis player to get the award, she was ...

While most octogenarians are doing crosswords or busying themselves with a spot of gardening, King, who turns 82 in November and has spent her life serving up answers to advance women’s sport, is on a ...

At the tail-end of 2024, I flew to Malaga to interview King during the Billie Jean King Cup finals as part of GLAMOUR's ongoing mission to change the record on women's sports, asking elite athletes ...

Billie Jean King is carried to the court by four men for the Battle of the Sexes tennis match against Bobby Riggs. Photograph: Bettmann Archive . Laura Slattery. Wed Sept 08 2021 - 06:00.