Parks, Pera, Baptiste Set for BJK Cup Debut in Bratislava

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday April 9, 2025

Alycia Parks, Bernarda Pera and Hailey Baptiste are set to join Asia Muhammad and Desirae Krawczyk on the U.S. Billie Jean King Cup Team this weekend in Bratislava, Slovakia. Jessica Pegula, Danielle Collins and McCartney Kessler have withdrawn from the tie.

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Parks, Pera and Baptiste will make their BJK Cup debut. Parks, 24, is currently ranked No. 54 in singles. While Pera is ranked No. 76 in singles and Baptiste is ranked 86. The U.S. team will take on Denmark and and Slovakia in the three-team group this weekendin round-robin-style play, with the winner of the group qualifying for the 2025 Finals in Shenzhen, China. The ties are best-of-three matchups with two singles and one doubles match, played on an indoor hard court inside Peugeot Arena at Slovakia’s National Tennis Center.

See the schedule for this weekend’s tie below:

Friday, April 11 (3 p.m. local; 9 a.m. ET) Slovakia v. Denmark

Saturday, April 12 (3 p.m. local; 9 a.m. ET) USA v. Denmark

Sunday, April 13 (3 p.m. local; 9 a.m. ET) USA v. Slovakia