This Friday, the captain of theBillie Jean King Cup French team, Julien Benneteauannounced his team composition to face the Colombia has Bogota Saturday November 16 and Sunday November 17. As a reminder, this play-off meeting is very important. A success will allow them to compete in the 2025 Qualifiers. In the event of defeats, the girls of Benneteau will be relegated to a lower division and will have to fight to participate in the play-offs at the end of 2025. Logically, Caroline Garciawho stopped his season, will not be there. Diane Parry will be the best Frenchwoman and will be accompanied by Clara Burel, Chloé Paquet and Varvara Gracheva.
Video – Julien Benneteau after the defeat of Les Bleues in April
Benneteau: “Caroline Garcia told me that she needed to take time for herself”
“I have selected Diane Parry, Clara Burel, Varvara Gracheva and Chloé Paquet for this play-off against Colombia. I am giving myself time to think about the selection of a possible fifth player. Diane, Clara and Varavara have all the three participated in the Olympic Games this summer and are the first three French women in the WTA ranking after Caroline Garcia I also selected Chloé Paquet who obtained very good results on clay this season, notably reaching the third round at Roland-Garros. She is one of the French women who performed the best on this surface this year and, as the match against Colombia will be played on clay, it is a parameter that I took into account Concerning Caroline Garcia, I. I spoke with her this summer and I knew that she had decided to end her season after the Guadalajara tournament in September. She told me that she needed to take some time for herself. something I understand perfectly.”
“We expect a difficult match”
“We are expecting a difficult match because it will take place in special conditions. In addition to being at the end of the season, we will be playing at an altitude of 2,600 meters. This is why I warned the players selected for this meeting early enough so that they can prepare with a suitable program. The atmosphere should also be very warm with 3,000 supporters expected.”
COLOMBIA – France
Dates: Saturday 16 – Sunday 17 November
Location: Hatogrande Country Club, Bogota, Colombia
Surface: clay, outdoor
Head to head: France leads 1-0
Colombia:
Camila Osorio, Emiliana Arango, Yuliana Lizarazo, Paulina Perez, Valentina Mediorreal
Captain: Alejandro Gonzalez
France :
Diane Parry, Clara Burel, Varvara Gracheva, Chloé Paquet
Captain: Julien Benneteau
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