When was the last time the US Fed Cup team played Austria?
Billie Jean King: We played them in 1996 in Salzburg, Austria, and barely beat them. It was 3-2. So tight. I cannot tell you. I thought I was going to die. We had Gigi Fernandez and Mary Jo Fernandez playing. They were. . .the best (doubles) team in the world at that time. We barely won the doubles.” The US was supposed to play Spain in Madrid for the Fed Cup championship last fall, but withdrew because of security concerns following 9/11. Do you think it was the right decision? It was the right decision for the moment. . .We were told (by the FBI) not to go as a team. . .because of the nationalistic point of view, and it would be a beautiful target for different (al-Qaida) cells that are in Spain. . . .We were very upset we didn’t go. It was very sad. The US has played in every Fed Cup since 1963. We are not a no-show kind of people. We show up. We play. We win. If we don’t win, hopefully we are good sports. If we do win here, or should I say when we win, in Charlotte, we’ll have to p
