The event was expected to be held in Seville, but will instead be held alongside its men's counterpart.

On last week's installment of the international team competition, and the weeks to come.

“I got the team I wanted,” said captain Lindsay Davenport.

With the help of an ally from West Texas, the host nation welcomes Romania this weekend to a former WTA tour stop.

The proliferation of tour tennis and its myriad events has left traditional team competitions in time slots that are fundamentally unappealing to the players, particularly elite ones.

US Open champion Coco Gauff and fellow Top 10 player Pegula will not play for the U.S., and Swiatek is skipping the event for Poland for the second year in a row.

Dania Alzuhair said her team's appearance at this week's Asia/Oceania pre-qualifying event for the Billie Jean King Cup Juniors in Sri Lanka is "groundbreaking."

The world No. 1 criticized the back-to-back scheduling of the WTA Finals and BJK Cup finals, which are only a day apart.

“It completely stopped me from moving,” said the 19-year-old, who went 1-1 over the weekend during Great Britain’s defeat to the Czech Republic.

In Prague, Marketa Vondrousova routed U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu 6-1, 6-1 to give the Czech Republic a 2-1 edge over Britain.

In Asheville, N.C., Alison Riske and Jessica Pegula won in straight sets, though Riske's defeat of Dayana Yastremska included a first set that lasted nearly 90 minutes.