10 October 2023 | Tennis Victoria

Congratulations to Daria Saville on being selected in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals team!

Kimberly Birrell, Storm Hunter, Daria Saville, Ajla Tomljanovic and Ellen Perez will represent Australia at Estadio de La Cartuja from 7 to 12 November 2023, with Olivia Gadecki also travelling with the team.

“I’m incredibly proud to name Kim, Ajla, Dash, Ellen and Storm for this team,” said Molik, who will lead Australia’s Billie Jean King Cup for the final time.

“As we always do, Australia punches above their weight. We reached the final last year and we have huge ambitions to go one further and win the event.

“I know we’ve had an interrupted past 12 months with various injuries to Alja and Dash, but we have so much experience in this team. I really feel like in the clutch moments they can be relied upon.

Dasha’s comeback to tennis has been inspiring, climbing 36 places in the latest WTA Tour women’s singles rankings.

She has now won 10 of her past 17 matches, helping her ranking skyrocket up more than 100 places in the past five weeks.

The 29-year-old Australian currently sits at world No.211 after reaching the second round at last week’s China Open. Saville scored a first-round win against Czech Katerina Siniakova in Beijing, which was her first win at WTA 1000 level since March 2022. It was also her first top-100 win on hard courts in 12 months.

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Australia is among 12 nations competing in the 2023 Billie Jean King Cup Finals.