ITF Announced Fed Cup Team Nominations
ITF Announced Fed Cup Team Nominations 
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The ITF has announced the official team nominations for the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group and World Group II first round ties, taking place on February 4th and 5th. In addition, Zone Group events are taking place the week of January 30th.
Notable absentees are Ana Ivanovic as Serbia faces Belgium, and Marion Bartoli when France takes on the Slovak Republic. Kim Clijsters is not named, but indicated after her defeat in Melbourne that she was still undecided whether she would play.
WORLD GROUP FIRST ROUND
RUSSIA v SPAIN
Venue: Olympic Stadium, Moscow , RUS (hard – indoors)
Russia
Maria Sharapova
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Nadia Petrova
Ekaterina Makarova
Captain: Shamil Tarpischev
Spain
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
Carla Suarez Navarro
Arantxa Parra-Santonja
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Captain: Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
BELGIUM v SERBIA
Venue: Spiroudome, Charleroi, BEL (hard – indoors)
Belgium
Yanina Wickmayer
Kirsten Flipkens
Tamaryn Hendler
Alison Van Uytvanck
Captain: Ann Devries
Serbia
Jelena Jankovic
Bojana Jovanovski
Aleksandra Krunic
Natalija Kostic
Captain: Dejan Vranes
ITALY v UKRAINE
Venue: Lauretana Forum, Biella, ITA (clay – indoors)
Italy
Francesca Schiavone
Flavia Pennetta
Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci
Captain: Corrado Barazzutti
Ukraine
Kateryna Bondarenko
Lesia Tsurenko
Olga Savchuk
Yuliya Beygelzimer
Captain: Igor Dernovskyi
GERMANY v CZECH REPUBLIC
Venue: Porsche Arena, Stuttgart, GER (hard – indoors)
Germany
Sabine Lisicki
Julia Goerges
Angelique Kerber
Anna Lena Groenefeld
Captain: Barbara Rittner
Czech Republic
Petra Kvitova
Iveta Benesova
Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova
Lucie Hradecka
Captain: Petr Pala
WORLD GROUP II FIRST ROUND
USA v BELARUS
Venue: DCU Center, Worcester, MA , USA (hard – indoors)
USA
Serena Williams
Christina McHale
Venus Williams
Liezel Huber
Captain: Mary Joe Fernandez
Belarus
Victoria Azarenka
Anastasia Yakimova
Olga Govortsova
Darya Kustova
Captain: Sergei Teterin
JAPAN v SLOVENIA
Venue: Bourbon Beans Dome, Hyogo, JPN (hard – indoors)
Japan
Ayumi Morita
Kimiko Date Krumm
Kurumi Nara
Rika Fujiwara
Captain: Takeshi Murakami
Slovenia
Polona Hercog
Petra Rampre
Nastja Kolar
Andreja Klepac
Captain: Maja Matevzic
SLOVAK REPUBLIC v FRANCE
Venue: Aegon Arena, Bratislava, SVK (hard – indoors)
Slovak Republic
Dominika Cibulkova
Daniela Hantuchova
Magdalena Rybarikova
Jana Cepelova
Captain: Matej Liptak
France
Pauline Parmentier
Virginie Razzano
Alize Cornet
Aravane Rezai
Captain: Nicolas Escude
SWITZERLAND v AUSTRALIA
Venue: Forum Fribourg, Fribourg, SUI (clay – indoors)
Switzerland
Stefanie Voegele
Amra Sadikovic
Timea Bacsinszky
Belinda Bencic
Captain: Christiane Jolissaint
Australia
Samantha Stosur
Jarmila Gajdosova
Jelena Dokic
Casey Dellacqua
Captain: David Taylor
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