Tennis Tracker: Italy facing Ukraine in BJK Cup semi-final, Laver Cup to follow

[p][b]08:30 CET -[/b] Good morning and welcome to our coverage of Saturday’s tennis at the Billie Jean King Cup and the Laver Cup![/p][p]Having seen Czechia seal their place in Sunday’s final in Shenzhen, and Team Europe take a 3-1 lead over Team World in London, the two team competitions continue today with plenty of fascinating match-ups.[/p][p]Starting in China, two-time defending champions Italy face Ukraine, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/paolini-jasmine/noaX0EJn/"]Jasmine Paolini[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/monfils-elina/jyngIesG/"]Elina Svitolina[/a] looking to fire their respective nations into Sunday's showpiece.[/p][embed guid="ec625889-7bd7-4159-a571-62377b8431ef" url="https://x.com/BJKCup/status/2103647376598585797" social-type="twitter" /][p]Today’s action at the Laver Cup in London kicks off with Team Europe’s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cobolli-flavio/zDtaCcPe/"]Flavio Cobolli[/a] taking on Team World’s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tien-learner/xUHOBJK6/"]Learner Tien[/a], before recently crowned US Open champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zverev-alexander/dGbUhw9m/"]Alexander Zverev[/a] comes up against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/de-minaur-alex/EZgZ9Xfh/"]Alex de Minaur[/a].[/p][p]Later on, in the evening session, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alcaraz-garfia-carlos/UkhgIFEq/"]Carlos Alcaraz[/a] takes on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fritz-taylor/UH09iaZ6/"]Taylor Fritz[/a] in a blockbuster affair, before Zverev pairs up with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ruud-casper/zN9UpRqp/"]Casper Ruud[/a] to face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bublik-alexander/t0WN9vR6/"]Alexander Bublik[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nakashima-brandon/ETGnbrpH/"]Brandon Nakashima[/a] in the doubles.[/p]