Team Nominations For Fed Cup by BNP Paribas

The ITF has announced the team nominations for the 2011 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group semifinals, and World Group and World Group II play-off ties to be played on 16-17 April. The World Group II play-off tie between Japan and Argentina has been postponed until 16-17 July, and will be played at the Bourbon Beans Dome in Kobe, Japan.

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WORLD GROUP SEMIFINALS

RUSSIA v ITALY

Venue: Sports Palace Megasport, Moscow, RUS (hard – indoors)

Russia

Vera Zvonareva

Svetlana Kuznetsova

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Ekaterina Makarova

Captain: Shamil Tarpischev

Italy

Roberta Vinci

Sara Errani

Alberta Brianti

Maria Elena Camerin

Captain Corrado Barazzutti

BELGIUM v CZECH REPUBLIC

Venue: Spiroudome, Charleroi, BEL (hard – indoors)

Belgium

Yanina Wickmayer

Kirsten Flipkens

An-Sophie Mestach

Alison van Uytvanck

Captain: Sabine Appelmans

Czech Republic

Petra Kvitova

Lucie Safarova

Iveta Benesova

Barbora Zahlavova Strycova

Captain: Petr Pala

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WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS

GERMANY v USA

Venue: Porsche Arena, Stuttgart, GER (clay – indoors)

Germany

Andrea Petkovic

Julia Goerges

Sabine Lisicki

Anna-Lena Groenefeld

Captain: Barbara Rittner

USA

Bethanie Mattek-Sands

Melanie Oudin

Christina McHale

Liezel Huber

Captain: Mary Joe Fernandez

SPAIN v FRANCE

Venue: Club de Tennis Lleida, Lleida, ESP (clay – outdoors)

Spain

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez

Lourdes Dominguez-Lino

Anabel Medina Garrigues

Nuria Llagostera Vives

Captain: Miguel Margets

France

Aravane Rezai

Alize Cornet

Mathilde Johansson

Virginie Razzano

Captain: Nicolas Escude

SLOVAK REPUBLIC v SERBIA

Venue: Sibamac Arena, Bratislava, SVK (clay – indoors)

Slovak Republic

Dominika Cibulkova

Daniela Hantuchova

Magdalena Rybarikova

Jana Cepelova

Captain: Matej Liptak

Serbia

Jelena Jankovic

Ana Ivanovic

Bojana Jovanovski

Aleksandra Krunic

Captain: Dejan Vranes

AUSTRALIA v UKRAINE

Venue: Glen Iris Valley Recreation Club, Melbourne, AUS (clay – outdoors)

Australia

Jarmila Groth

Jelena Dokic

Anastasia Rodionova

Sophie Ferguson

Captain: David Taylor

Ukraine

Lesia Tsurenko

Olga Savchuk

Yuliya Beygelzimer

Viktoria Kutuzova

Captain: Volodymyr Bogdanov

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WORLD GROUP II PLAY-OFFS

BELARUS v ESTONIA

Venue: Palace of Sports, Minsk, BLR (hard – indoors)

Belarus

Victoria Azarenka

Olga Govortsova

Darya Kustova

Tatiana Poutchek

Captain: Sergei Teterin

Estonia

Kaia Kanepi

Margit Ruutel

Maret Ani

Anett Kontaveit

Captain: Andrei Luzgin

SLOVENIA v CANADA

Venue: Teniski Klub Koper, Koper, SLO (clay – outdoors)

Slovenia

Polona Hercog

Masa Zec-Piskiric

Andreja Klepac

Katarina Srebotnik

Captain: Iztok Bozic

Canada

Rebecca Marino

Stephanie Dubois

Sharon Fichman

Eugenie Bouchard

Captain: Sylvain Bruneau

SWITZERLAND v SWEDEN

Venue: TC Lido Lugano, Lugano, SUI (clay – outdoors)

Switzerland

Patty Schnyder

Timea Bacsinszky

Stefanie Voegele

Amra Sadikovic

Captain: Christiane Jolissaint

Sweden

Johanna Larsson

Sofia Arvidsson

Anna Brazhnikova

Sandra Roma

Captain: Maria Strandlund Tomsvik

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