TENNIS – BAHRAIN’S senior women’s tennis national team took part yesterday in the opening ceremony and official draw for the Billie Jean King Cup Group III Asia/Oceania Zone B, which is to be played from today in Islamabad, Pakistan.
The kingdom’s representatives are one of eight national squads in the tournament, with matches to be held at S Dilawar Abbas-Pakistan Tennis Federation Tennis Complex.
The Bahrainis feature Eman Alzaimoor, Gharam Alkhayat, Hajar Zaidan, and skipper Jameela Alnashaba, who is also a Bahrain Tennis Federation (BTF) board member and the BTF’s women’s committee head.
Alnashaba joined other team captains and officials yesterday in the pre-event formalities, including the draw, which divided the field into two groups.
Bahrain are in Group A along with Bhutan, the Maldives, and hosts Pakistan, while Group B is composed of Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, and Qatar.
The Billie Jean King Cup is a leading international competition between national teams in women’s tennis. It is held annually with tournaments at various levels in zones all over the world.
Asia/Oceania Group III has been split this season into two events, with two pools in each. Each zone will feature a single round-robin.
At the end of the competition, the teams finishing atop each pool will then face off in a promotional play-off against the corresponding pool winner within their event to determine who advances to Asia/Oceania Group II in 2027, while no nations will be relegated.
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