Serena Williams enters her fourth decade as a Fed Cup player with the United States on Friday and Saturday as the 2020 qualifiers get under way.
The 38-year-old icon teams with newly-crowned Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin and teenage star Coco Gauff as the US tackle Latvia in Everett, Washington.
In total, there are eight ties with the winners earning places in the new-look Fed Cup finals in Budapest from April 15-17 where 2019 champions France, runners-up Australia, hosts Hungary and wildcard Czech Republic will be waiting.
AFP Sports looks at three talking points ahead of this week's qualifiers: Serena's senior service
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Fed Cup qualifiers (Friday and Saturday) ========================================
At Everett, Washington
USA v Latvia
At The Hague
Netherlands v Belarus
At Cluj-Napoca
Romania v Russia
At Florianopolis
Brazil v Germany
At La Manga
Spain v Japan
At Biel
Switzerland v Canada
At Kortrijk
Belgium v Kazakhstan
At Bratislava
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