The two each came from a set down to defeat Sonay Kartal and Katie Boulter in a 2-0 win over Great Britain.

Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini won the deciding doubles to send defending champions Italy back into the final for the third year in a row.

The American then watched Jessica Pegula and Taylor Townsend defeat Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina and Yulia Putintseva in a winner-take-all doubles match.

The U.S. beat Slovakia in Bratislava on the strength of late call-ups Hailey Baptiste and Bernarda Pera.

The U.S. next faces host nation Slovakia on Sunday with the winner going through to the finals.

The event was previously played in November.

Poland is hosting Switzerland and Ukraine in the round-robin qualifier, but Swiatek said Wednesday she made the "difficult decision" to skip it.

The last two finals were in Spain: in Seville in 2023 when Canada won, and Malaga in 2024 when Italy won.

Paolini led Italy to a 2-0 victory over the Slovaks, defeating Rebecca Sramkova to clinch her country's first team victory in over a decade.

After a heartbreaking defeat in April, the Ukrainians battled back to topple Austria, 3-2, in McKinney, Texas.

Paolini and Sara Errani defeated Swiatek and Katarzyna Kawa 7-5, 7-5 in the deciding doubles to put Italy through to the final for the second year in a row.