Marino, Stakusic to lead Canada into Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers in April

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Mar 13, 2025 11:26 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

The Canadian squad headed for the Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers has been set.

Vancouver's Rebecca Marino, Marina Stakusic of Mississauga, Ont., Toronto's Victoria Mboko, Kayla Cross of London, Ont., and Ariana Arseneault of Richmond Hill, Ont., volition vie for Canada from April 11-13 successful Tokyo.

Mboko, Cross, and Arseneault are each first-time selections, portion Marino, a subordinate of Canada's 2023 title team, is making her 13th quality and holds a 7-10 grounds astatine the competition.

This volition beryllium Stakusic's 3rd quality astatine the Billie Jean King Cup, having played a cardinal relation successful Canada's 2023 rubric tally by defeating Spain's Rebeka Masarova, Poland's Magdalena Frech, and Italy's Martina Trevisan.

Canada, ranked No. 2 successful the world, volition vie successful Group A against No. 13 Romania and No. 14 Japan astatine the Ariake Coliseum.

The radical victor volition beforehand to the Billie Jean King Cup Finals, acceptable to instrumentality spot successful Shenzhen, China, successful November.