Without leader Arantxa Rus, but with Kiki Bertens on the bench, the Dutch tennis players will play next month’s playoff of the Billie Jean King Cup tournament in and against France.
For Bertens, who ended her successful tennis career last year, it is her debut as an assistant coach.
“As for Kiki, she’s leaving this time with the intention of expanding to next time,” Elise Tamaëla, captain of Billie Jean King’s team, told NOS. Tamaëla was Bertens’ manager in the final stages of the career of de Wateringse, who was world number four in May 2019.
30-year-old Bertens stopped playing tennis because she no longer enjoyed working as a professional and longed for family life. Earlier this year she became a mother for the first time.
Now tennis is starting to itch again. So she becomes assistant coach with the Dutch team and will return to the WTA Tour next week with a demonstration match at the tournament in Luxembourg.
Tamaëla has no access to Russian and is currently ranked 115th, the best-ranked Dutch woman in the world. With a view to the Australian Open, she prefers to play tournaments.
Rus hopes to earn enough points there to improve her ranking and go straight into the main schedule of the Melbourne Grand Slam tournament.
Tamaëla now has to face Lesley Pattinama-Kerkhove (WTA-188), Suzan Lamens (WTA-193), Arianne Hartono (WTA-206) and Demi Schuurs (14th in doubles ranking) on November 11th and 12th.
The aim of the competition in Le Portel is to gain acceptance in the world group. In the event of a defeat, the Netherlands, who lost to Spain in April, will be relegated to Group I.
Source:NOS
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