Eudice Chong, Cody Wong, Tiffany Wu, Maggie Ng, Justine Leong, Zhang Ling (Captain) are nominated for next week’s Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Asia\/Oceania Group II Qualifying in Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>\n
Aside from morning and afternoon BJKC training sessions at the Hong Kong Sports Institute (HKSI), part of the team’s preparation for the Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers was competing in the two ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour events held in Hong Kong in recent weeks. Cody Wong reached the singles quarterfinals in both the Week One W15 and the Week Two W35, while Eudice Chong captured both singles and doubles (w\/ Cody Wong) in Week Two.<\/p>\n
Latest Billie Jean King Cup Rankings dated 15 April 2024:<\/p>\n
50 Thailand
53 Mongolia
59 Uzbekistan
60 Indonesia
65 Hong Kong, China
67 Malaysia
68 Sri Lanka
69 Pakistan
70 Iran
71 Singapore
75 Kyrgyzstan<\/p>\n
In view of their nominations, some teams look set to be short of full strength. Indonesia’s top 2 players, world No. 729 Janice Tjen and No. 838 Priska Nugroho are not amongst the nominated. Thailand’s top player, SEA Games silver medalist and world No. 191 Lanlana Tararudee is also absent. Uzbekistan’s three ranked players, No. 294 Nigina Abduraimova, No. 1369 Milana Maslenkova, and No. 1321 Sevil Yuldasheva are not on the list.<\/p>\n
Apart from Thailand’s No. 206 Mananchaya Sawangkaew, Hong Kong’s Eudice Chong at No. 267 is the second highest-ranked player at next week’s BJKC qualifying. Kyrgyzstan’s Vladislava Andreevskaya has a current ranking of No. 1143. Mongolia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Iran, and Singapore do not have a ranked singles player on their rosters.<\/p>\n