Bianca Andreescu, of Canada, plays a shot to Barbora Krejcikova, of the Czech Republic, during their first round match at the National Bank Open tennis tournament in Montreal, Sunday, July 27, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Bianca Andreescu, of Canada, plays a shot to Barbora Krejcikova, of the Czech Republic, during their first round match at the National Bank Open tennis tournament in Montreal, Sunday, July 27, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
ASTANA - Canada will not advancing to the Billie Jean King Cup finals after losing 3-1 to Kazakhstan in a qualifying tie.
Kazakhstan won both of Saturday's opening games to clinch the best-of-five women's international tennis showdown.聽
Anna Danilina and Zhibek Kulambayeva defeated Bianca Andreescu and Kayla Cross 7-5, 6-1 in a doubles match.聽
Yulia Putintseva then clinched the tie with a hard-fought 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (4) win over Andreescu in a match that lasted three hours 39 minutes.
The teams entered Saturday tied at 1-1 after splitting the opening singles matches.
Kazakhstan advances to September's finals in Shenzhen, China, while Canada, which won the Billie Jean King Cup in 2023, will compete in the 2026 playoffs in November.聽
This report by 国产诱惑福利 was first published April 11, 2026.
