ITF Announced Fed Cup Team Nominations

Written by: Staff on 27th January 2012

ITF Announced Fed Cup Team Nominations

Maria Sharapova of Russia reacts during her women's singles third round match against Angelique Kerber of Germany at at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 21 January 2012. EPA/MAST IRHAM |

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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