The NMI’s Carol Lee, left, poses with her Pacific Oceania teammates at the 2023 Billie Jean King Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
THE NMI’S Carol Lee and her Pacific Oceania teammates performed flawlessly throughout the 2023 Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge and were promoted to group I in 2024 after sweeping Indonesia, 2-0, on Saturday at the National Tennis Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Papua New Guinea’s Violet Apisah acted as the sparkplug for the Pacific Oceania team as she bested Indonesia’s Deria Nur Haliza in the singles match, 6-2, 6-2.
Lee then faced Beatrice Gumulya, and managed to pull through with a 7-5, 6-1 victory.
Chinese-Taipei (Taiwan) was the other team to earn a promotion after beating New Zealand, 2-1.
“I feel proud of our team,” Lee said. “It feels like an accomplishment, and we all want to do better and want more for next year when we play in Group 1,” she added.
Lee said her tournament strategy was to “just compete hard, fight for the team and for myself, and use all the tools that I have learned from the past…and apply those tools on the court.”
Lee will be returning to the U.S. mainland to complete her last year at Georgia Tech in Atlanta.
