• Billie Jean King is honored at an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of Title XI at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington on March 9. | REUTERS
    Billie Jean King is honored at an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of Title XI at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington on March 9. | REUTERS

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Billie Jean King will be donating $50,000 to support humanitarian relief efforts for the war in Ukraine, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) said on Thursday.

The United States will host Ukraine next week in a qualifier for the Billie Jean King Cup Finals — the revamped Fed Cup which was renamed in honor of King, a 12-times Grand Slam singles champion and the founder of the Women’s Tennis Association.

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