Congratulations to Daria Saville on being selected in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals team!<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019m 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.<\/p>\n
“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.<\/p>\n
“I know we\u2019ve 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.<\/p>\n
Dasha’s comeback to tennis has been inspiring, climbing 36 places in the latest WTA Tour women\u2019s singles rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\n She has now won 10 of her past 17 matches, helping her ranking skyrocket up more than 100 places in the past five weeks.<\/p>\n The 29-year-old Australian currently sits at world No.211 after reaching the second round at last week\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
| Billie Jean King Cup Finals 2023\u00a0<\/strong> \nAustralian team<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Player<\/em><\/td>\n | Singles ranking<\/em><\/td>\n | Doubles ranking<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Kimberly Birrell<\/td>\n | No.102<\/td>\n | No.295<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Storm Hunter<\/td>\n | No.155<\/td>\n | No.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Daria Saville<\/td>\n | No.211<\/td>\n | No.164<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Ajla Tomljanovic<\/td>\n | No.430<\/td>\n | –<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Ellen Perez<\/td>\n | No.456<\/td>\n | No.25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Captain: Alicia Molik<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n | |