USA to Host Latvia in Fed Cup Qualifier

The United States' road back to the Fed Cup final will begin on home soil vs. Latvia.The draw for the 2020 Fed Cup qualifier was conducted today at the International Tennis Federation office in London.More: Anisimova Out of US Open After Father's PassingThe 16-nation Fed Cup qualifier will be staged February 7-8th, 2020.

The eight winning nations advance to the 2020 Fed Cup Finals in Budapest staged from April 14-19th. Those eight nations will join the 2019 finalists—Australia and France—as well as host nation Hungary and wild card Czech Republic in the Fed Cup Finals.2020 Fed Cup QualifiersLatvia at United StatesBelarus at NetherlandsRussia at RomaniaGermany at BrazilJapan at SpainCanada at SwitzerlandKazakhstan at BelgiumGreat Britain at SlovakiaThe eight losing nations from February's qualifier will compete in the 2020 Fed Cup Playoffs, contested the same week as the Fed Cup Finals.Each qualifier tie will feature four singles matches and one doubles match with all matches best-of-three tie break sets.Photo credit: Fed Cup Facebook ]]>

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