Danielle Collins offers United States 1-0 lead over Czechs at Billie Jean King Cup Finals

SEVILLE, Spain — Danielle Collins gave the United States a 1-0 lead over the Czech Republic within the Billie Jean King Cup Finals by beating Katerina Siniakova 6-3, 6-2 on Friday.

The winner will advance to play Canada within the semifinals on Saturday.

Collins broke her opponent 3 times, with Siniakova double-faulting 5 occasions on the indoor exhausting court docket in Seville.

Sofia Kenin can clinch the win for the U.S. if she beats Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova within the second singles match. These are the the 2 most profitable groups within the competitors’s historical past – the U.S. has essentially the most titles with 18 and the Czechs the second most with 11.

The Czechs have received their final two conferences with the Americans.

The U.S. beat defending champion Switzerland of their group-phase opener on Thursday.

PHOTOS: Danielle Collins offers United States 1-0 lead over Czechs at Billie Jean King Cup Finals

The Americans are with out their two highest-ranked gamers. No. 3 Coco Gauff and No. 5 Jessica Pegula each performed within the WTA finals in Mexico, which completed simply earlier than the Billie Jean King Cup Finals.