{"id":41750,"date":"2023-05-12T16:54:16","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T16:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/tennis-rwandan-players-in-preps-for-2023-billie-jean-king-cup"},"modified":"2023-05-12T17:24:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T17:24:53","slug":"tennis-rwandan-players-in-preps-for-2023-billie-jean-king-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/tennis-rwandan-players-in-preps-for-2023-billie-jean-king-cup","title":{"rendered":"Tennis: Rwandan players in preps for 2023 Billie Jean King Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Rwanda\u2019s national women tennis team is in intensive training sessions as preparations for the highly-anticipated Billie Jean King Cup, due in Kigali from June 5-11, take shape.<\/p>\n<p>A five-woman squad of Olive Tuyisenge, Gisele Umumararangu, Sonia Tuyishime, Chantal Mutuyimana and Grace Gisubizo Ndahunga has been training together at Kigali Ecology Club since Monday, May 8, as the girls look to impress on home soil and make sure the cup stays in Kigali.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re prepared to compete for the Billie Jean Cup, we have two good coaches who are helping us so the preparations are progressing really well,\u201d said Tuyisenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got some experience from the last edition held in Lithuania in 2021 and now we\u2019re very confident because we are going to compete in it before our home supporters.<\/p>\n<p>We (players) are all fine and ready to compete for this title with the support of our coaches, federation and the country,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 11 African countries have confirmed their participation at the Billie Jean King Cup 2023 which is coming to the African continent for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>They include Angola, Congo, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, Senegal, Tanzania and Rwanda who won the hosting rights for the tournament\u2019s inaugural edition.<\/p>\n<p>Rwandan players selected in the national team will participate in the Tennis Genocide Memorial Tournament slated for May 15-20 at the Kigali Ecology Club (IPRC Kigali).<\/p>\n<p>It is a tournament which the girls believe will help them raise their game in the buildup for the Billie Jean King Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The Billie Jean King Cup is one of six major international tennis tournaments that Rwanda will host in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The competition was named after Billie Jean King, an American former world No. 1 professional tennis player who won 39 Grand Slam titles including 12 in singles, 16 in women&#8217;s doubles, and 11 in mixed doubles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\">Rwanda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Rwanda\u2019s national women tennis team is in intensive training sessions as preparations for the highly-anticipated Billie Jean King Cup, due in Kigali from June 5-11, take shape. A five-woman squad of Olive Tuyisenge, Gisele Umumararangu, Sonia Tuyishime, Chantal Mutuyimana and Grace Gisubizo Ndahunga has been training together at Kigali Ecology Club since [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":41748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[760,763,758],"class_list":["post-41750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-rwanda","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tennis: Rwandan players in preps for 2023 Billie Jean King Cup - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rwanda\u2019s national women tennis team is in intensive training sessions as preparations for the highly-anticipated Billie ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/tennis-rwandan-players-in-preps-for-2023-billie-jean-king-cup\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tennis: Rwandan players in preps for 2023 Billie Jean King Cup\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rwanda\u2019s national women tennis team is in intensive training sessions as preparations for the highly-anticipated Billie ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/tennis-rwandan-players-in-preps-for-2023-billie-jean-king-cup\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-12T16:54:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-12T17:24:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683894261.10.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"666\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/tennis-rwandan-players-in-preps-for-2023-billie-jean-king-cup#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/tennis-rwandan-players-in-preps-for-2023-billie-jean-king-cup\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Tennis: Rwandan players in preps for 2023 Billie Jean King Cup\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-12T16:54:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-12T17:24:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/tennis-rwandan-players-in-preps-for-2023-billie-jean-king-cup\"},\"wordCount\":328,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/tennis-rwandan-players-in-preps-for-2023-billie-jean-king-cup#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683894261.10.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Rwanda\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/tennis-rwandan-players-in-preps-for-2023-billie-jean-king-cup#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/tennis-rwandan-players-in-preps-for-2023-billie-jean-king-cup\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/tennis-rwandan-players-in-preps-for-2023-billie-jean-king-cup\",\"name\":\"Tennis: Rwandan players in preps for 2023 Billie Jean King Cup - 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