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Lindsay Davenport will be the next US captain for the Billie Jean King Cup
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FILE - Lindsay Davenport speaks during induction ceremonies at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I., Saturday, July 12, 2014. Davenport will take over from Kathy Rinaldi as the U.S. captain for the Billie Jean King Cup after this year's competition ends. - photo by AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File
As Lindsay Davenport gets set to take over as the U.S. captain for Billie Jean King Cup, she thinks back to what she called “the most amazing” of her three championships as a player in the team competition. It was in 1999, back when the event was still known as the Fed Cup, and King was the Americans’ captain. Davenport helped beat Russia in the final with newly crowned U.S. Open champion Serena Williams, then just 17, and Venus Williams.