Team Australia defeated Kazakhstan in the Group B of the Billie Jean King Cup and kept their chances to qualify for the semi-finals although quite small.
Storm Hunter defeated Anna Danilina by 2-0 (7:6, 6:4) in 2:08 hours of play and gave an advance to the Australian team, but in the second match from the clash, Yulia Putintseva equalized after a victory versus Kimberly Birrell by 2-0 (6:0, 7:5) in 1:28 hours.
Thus, all was to be solved by the doubles, where Storm Hunter and Ellen Perez won the match versus Yulia Putintseva and Anna Danilina by 2-1 (6:1, 4:6, 10:5).
Team Australia, which is last season’s finalist, has one win and one loss and advancing to the next stage depends on the last match in the group between Slovenia and Kazakhstan. The team of Kazakhstan is without their superstar Elena Rybakina, who was employed in the WTA Finals in Cancun that finished in the beginning of this week.