Tennis players to the preparatory round of the Billie Jean King Cup after defeating Slovenia

The Netherlands have qualified for the preparatory round of the Billie Jean King Cup in April 2025. Suzan Lamens‘ victory over Tamara Zidansek was good for the third point in the match against Slovenia.

Next year’s qualifying tournament will be played for tickets to the final tournament.

Lamens lost the first set 6-4, but they still won the match by winning the next set 6-3 and 6-2.

Earlier in the day, Arantxa Rus was unable to get the win. The world number 81 bowed out 5-7, 2-6 to Veronika Erjavec.

Rus struggled with Erjavec’s ferocious play and immediately surrendered serve. The Dutch then kept putting pressure on the Slovenian in her service games and broke back at 5-4.

But the 33-year-old Russian could not continue and then they lost four games in a row. She continued to make too many mistakes, played with too little variety and only won two games.

Yesterday Lamens and Rus won their first singles match. The Dutch team was led by Kiki Bertens, who is usually an assistant. Team captain Elise Tamaëla was absent from Slovenia due to personal circumstances.