"What the f***" - Taylor Townsend shows troubling scenes as her room floods in rain-hit Malaga; Iga Swiatek, Paula Badosa, others await BJK Cup fate

Taylor Townsend shared a frightening scene of her room being flooded after Malaga was hit with extreme rainfall. This also caused the Poland vs Spain tie at the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup, which was set to take place on November 13, to be postponed.

Malaga has been hit by massive rainfall and the city has been affected heavily. The streets have been flooded with water as citizens are struggling, and some have even had to be evacuated amid flood alerts being issued.

Amid these troubling scenes, the city is slated to host the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup. However, Townsend, one of the competitors at the event shared a video of the distressing conditions she was facing on her Instagram. The video showed the premises the American is staying in being flooded with water.

"Holy s**t! So we're here in Malaga for BJK and this… The water is coming through the room. The city center is flooding but like what the f***. Our room is flooding," Taylor Townsend said.

The official photographer of the WTA who goes by JJlovesTennis on X (formerly Twitter), also shared horrific scenes of a swamped Malaga.

"This is a block away from my apartment...we're two hours into rain that is supposed to last all afternoon."

It was also announced earlier by the Billie Jean King Cup's social media page that the tie between the Iga Swiatek-led Poland and the Paula Badosa-led Spain has been postponed from November 13 to November 15 due to the weather conditions.

Rafael Nadal's Academy in Mallorca was also hit by a storm on October 28 and the very storm hit other highly populated cities such as Valencia as well. Many Spanish athletes including Nadal, Paula Badosa, and Carlos Alcaraz shared heartfelt messages as their nation fought against this disaster.

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Taylor Townsend starring Team USA slated to kick off campaign against Slovakia on November 14

Taylor Townsend (Source: Getty)

If the weather simmers down and the ties on November 14 can be played, the USA will meet Slovakia in the opening round of the Billie Jean King Cup.

Taylor Townsend is set to represent Team USA alongside Danielle Collins, Peyton Stearns, Ashlyn Kreuger, and Caroline Dolehide. They will be captained by Lindsay Davenport. Townsend has played over 80 matches this year including singles and doubles but said that she could continue producing high quality tennis with her 'eyes closed'.

On the other hand, Team Slovakia has Rebecca Sramkova, Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, Viktoria Hruncakova, Renata Jamrichova, and Tereza Mihalikova. The team will be led by Matej Liptak.

The winner of this tie will play fourth seed Australia next, who have received a bye into the quarterfinals as a result of their seeding.