Week 15 - 2025 Billie Jean King Cup Playoffs, The Hague, Netherlands - Indoor Clay

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Week 15 - 2025 Billie Jean King Cup Playoffs, The Hague, Netherlands - Indoor Clay

emmsie69 · Top national player

Julia Carrot wrote:
Id like to have been a fly on the wall at their partying last night.

But did Harriet imbibe biggrin or was she in bed by 9

-- Edited by emmsie69 on Sunday 13th of April 2025 07:56:52 AM

Var · Satellite level

emmsie69 wrote:
Julia Carrot wrote:
Id like to have been a fly on the wall at their partying last night.
But did Harriet imbibe or was she in bed by 9

-- Edited by emmsie69 on Sunday 13th of April 2025 07:56:52 AM

Well Jodie had fun.three bottles of wine in hand on Insta !

PaulM · Tennis legend

Maybe a lesson learned from the finals last year where actually going with Katie and Emma (or even Katie and Heather) for the doubles against Slovakia would have been a more competitive option.

indiana · Tennis legend

I missed it all yesterday. Great play by the girls and looks a super selection by Anne, who I had long ago rather concluded, and said, is just not a good captain. So bit confused.com - I guess there are definitely things that she is not great at but cometh the hour yesterday, great stuff. Well done all!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
I missed it all yesterday. Great play by the girls and looks a super selection by Anne, who I had long ago rather concluded, and said, is just not a good captain. So bit confused.com - I guess there are definitely things that she is not great at but cometh the hour yesterday, great stuff. Well done all!

Not to take anything away from Anne (well maybe although still mega kudos for heading the team as a whole) but various articles have attributed the choice of doubles team and choice of strategy of play to Louis Cayer

This is in the Mail, but variations of it are on tweets, and other sites too:

"The surprisingly strong display is surely down to the presence in the Hague of LTA coach Louis Cayer - a sensei of the art of doubles.

The Canadian has transformed Britain into a mens doubles powerhouse and Mail Sport understands he is set to take a greater hand in the womens game, too."

the addict · Tennis legend

Jodie's finally surfaced after the celebrations and has published several photos (action and team, not the party !)

https://www.instagram.com/p/DIYobq9ASai/

the addict · Tennis legend

FUll list of qualifiers for the finals

Hosts China
Defending champions Italy
Qualified teams Great Britain, Japan, Kazakhstan, Spain, Ukraine, and the United States.

RJH1962 · Strong Club Player

Peter too wrote:
Is China hard court or clay court? Anne could have some different decisions to make by then, Emma might be back and could be the GB no. 1.

Not sure she should be included and not impressed that she didnt play here.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
FUll list of qualifiers for the finals

Hosts China
Defending champions Italy
Qualified teams Great Britain, Japan, Kazakhstan, Spain, Ukraine, and the United States.

Are the finals straight knockout or in round robin groups of 4 and then knockout. Im guessing straight knockout?

wales1994 · County player

Well done team! Maybe Katie should play some doubles in the clay events? To get herself more and more practice time / experience on the red stuff. Might boost her confidence and game in the singles.

RJH1962 · Strong Club Player

Would love to see her and Jodie play doubles in France and Wimbledon

PaulM · Tennis legend

Katie and Heather did a great job at the Olympics. Katie can play doubles to a good standard she just never has been in the habit of it, which may well be part of managing her condition too.

I think her and Jodie will play the grass together. If Jodie is using her singles PR for Roland Garros they might sneak in.

indiana · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
indiana wrote:
I missed it all yesterday. Great play by the girls and looks a super selection by Anne, who I had long ago rather concluded, and said, is just not a good captain. So bit confused.com - I guess there are definitely things that she is not great at but cometh the hour yesterday, great stuff. Well done all!
Not to take anything away from Anne (well maybe although still mega kudos for heading the team as a whole) but various articles have attributed the choice of doubles team and choice of strategy of play to Louis Cayer
This is in the Mail, but variations of it are on tweets, and other sites too:
"The surprisingly strong display is surely down to the presence in the Hague of LTA coach Louis Cayer - a sensei of the art of doubles.
The Canadian has transformed Britain into a mens doubles powerhouse and Mail Sport understands he is set to take a greater hand in the womens game, too."

Thanks, I'll assume the doubles was all down to Cayer, that will leave me less confused

Great that he was there this time after quite a number of comments were made, notably by a certain CD, about there being no sign of him at the Malaga finals.

indiana · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
the addict wrote:
FUll list of qualifiers for the finals

Hosts China
Defending champions Italy
Qualified teams Great Britain, Japan, Kazakhstan, Spain, Ukraine, and the United States.
Are the finals straight knockout or in round robin groups of 4 and then knockout. Im guessing straight knockout?

Wiki shows straight knock out.

(6) GB were the only top seeds to progress. (1) Canada, (2) Czechia, (3) Slovakia, (4) Australia and (5) Poland all finished 2nd in their qualifier groups.

While the BJK Cup rankings and seedings may not truly reflect the various nations' strength, so the USA for instance could clearly be extremely strong, quite clearly there will be potentially very strong teams missing.