USA set to face Russia in Billie Jean King Cup semi-finals

The top semi-final taking place in the Billie Jean King Cup will see USA face off against Russia after victories over Spain and France on Wednesday.

The former faced a must-win situation after losing to Slovakia 2-1 in their Group C on Tuesday and Sloane Stephens and Danielle Collins stepped up to the plate.

The 18-time winners of the formerly known Fed Cup, they showed their pedigree with Stephens defeating Nuria Parrizas-Diaz 6-4, 6-4, while Collins breezed past Spain's top name, Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-1, 6-0 in just under an hour to seal it.

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While for Russia, they only needed one win from their match against France to advance after easing past Canada 3-0.

It was Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova who delivered rallying to defeat Alize Cornet 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 to earn Russia their semi-final spot.

Clara Burel kept France's hopes alive winning the opening singles seeing off Ekaterina Alexandrova 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 but the Russians won the doubles for an overall 2-1 win.

As well as them, Australia are currently facing Belarus as of time of writing with Storm Sanders and Ajla Tomljanovic anchoring the charge for Australia.

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