Romania and Hungary will meet in Oradea in the playoffs of the Billie Jean King competition (formerly FedCup). The series of games will be opened by Ana Bohdan, who will meet with Dalma Galfi.

The match drawing ceremony was conducted by Chief Referee Jane Harvey and Deputy Mayor of Oradea, Marcel Dragos, together with the President of the Romanian Tennis Federation, George Kosac.

Romania – Hungary, FedCup match schedule

• Friday, from 15:00

Ana Bohdan (48 WTA) vs. Dalma Galfi (85 WTA) / Direct matches: 1-0

Following

Jacqueline Christian (148 WTA) vs. Anna Bondar (71 WTA) / 0-2

• Saturday, from 1:00 p.m

Ana Bohdan and Anna Bondar / 1-0

Following

Jacqueline Christian and Dalma Galfi / 0-0

Following

Monica Niculescu/Anka Todoni vs Reka Luca Jani/Panna Udvardi.

Horiya Tekeu cannot rely on Gabriela Ruse

Gabriela Ruse will not play for the Romanian team, who has not been feeling well in recent days and has not been training at the proper level, but who meanwhile said at the press conference after the draw that she will be with the girls, with all her heart, with encouragement and moral support.

“It’s a long match, with five meetings, it’s good that a healthy Gabi is around. She is a player you rely on and we want all our players to be at their best. When you’re in a situation like that, you adapt, we looked at Ana and Jacqueline and I think we prepared this meeting as well as we could.

We take each match in turn. Tomorrow’s games are both important. Of course, it’s important how you start and how you get the crowd on your side to have that energy at the start of the match, but we’re professionals, the girls do it week in week out, they’re used to fighting until the end even when things aren’t going well. And we will do that” – Khoria Tekaucaptain of the Romanian national team, quoted by Agerpres.

Know:

• The winners of this play-off will advance to the 2023 qualifiers for the final tournament, while the losers will advance to their regions in Group I.

• Romania and Hungary have now met nine times in the Federation Cup (the previous name of the competition) and our team has achieved eight successes, the most recent of which was a 2-1 win in Budapest in 2014 in the Europe-Africa Zone Group I thanks to successful victories by Sorana Kirstja and the pair Iryna Begu/Monica Niculescu, Timea Babos (defeated Simona Halep), which brought home a point.

• Hungary’s only victory was recorded in 1993 in England with a score of 2-1.

• The Billie Jean King Cup is the first high-level sporting event hosted by the Oradea Arena, the city’s multi-purpose hall with over 5,000 seats.