Overview

• Italy beat Ukraine 2-1 in the semifinals, with Jasmine Paolini rallying past Elina Svitolina 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 before Paolini and Sara Errani clinched the doubles 6-2, 6-3.
• Marta Kostyuk had given Ukraine the lead by defeating Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-2, 6-3, and she later partnered Lyudmyla Kichenok in the doubles before Italy closed out the tie.
• The United States reached the last four by edging Kazakhstan 2-1, highlighted by Emma Navarro saving two match points to top Yulia Putintseva 7-5, 2-6, 7-6(6).
• Elena Rybakina leveled that quarterfinal by beating Jessica Pegula 6-4, 6-1, but Pegula and Taylor Townsend sealed it for the U.S. in doubles 6-2, 7-6(1).
• Great Britain swept Japan 2-0 through singles wins by Sonay Kartal and Katie Boulter, earning a Saturday semifinal against the U.S. in Shenzhen.