Start of Billie Jean King Cup finals postponed due to extreme weather warning

The commencement of the Billie Jean King Cup Finals successful Malaga whas been postponed aft Spanish authorities issued a red upwind alert for utmost rainfall and flooding successful parts of the country.

Two weeks aft the worst floods successful Spain’s modern history killed much than 200 people, thousands person been evacuated successful the Costa del Sol region of confederate Spain arsenic the caller upwind beforehand is expected to bring torrential rainfall and debased temperatures.

“Due to a terrible upwind alert issued by section and location authorities, the 2024 BJK Cup Finals first information necktie betwixt Spain and Poland, primitively scheduled for today, 13 November astatine 5pm (4pm GMT), has been postponed. The necktie will now return spot connected Friday 15 November, starting astatine 10am (9am GMT),” the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said successful a connection connected Wednesday.

“This determination has been made based connected guidance from the applicable authorities to guarantee the wellness and information of each participants and attendees. We apologise for immoderate inconvenience this whitethorn origin and admit your knowing and cooperation.”

Hosts Spain were scheduled to statesman the tourney against Iga Swiatek’s Poland arsenic 12 teams assembled successful Andalusia to conflict for the title won past twelvemonth for the first clip by Canada.

That brushwood will now precede Great Britain’s first-round necktie against Germany, which takes spot connected the aforesaid time from 4pm GMT.

The past mates of days of the BJK Cup are group to overlap pinch the men’s Davis Cup Finals successful the aforesaid venue adjacent week, erstwhile Spanish awesome Rafael Nadal is expected to play his past tourney earlier retiring.

Reuters