Fed Cup – World Group semifinals and World Group/World Group II play-offs

Written by: on 12th April 2012
Ana Ivanovic
Fed Cup - World Group semifinals and World Group/World Group II play-offs

Ana Ivanovic of Serbia celebrates a point against Johanna Larsson of Sweden during their first round match for the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, 24 May 2011. EPA/KERIM OKTEN  |

The ITF has announced the official team nominations for the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group semifinals, and World Group and World Group II play-offs taking place on 21-22 April.

In addition, the following Zone Group events are taking place the week of 16 April: Europe/Africa Zone Groups II and III in Cairo, Egypt; and Americas Zone Group II in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Fed Cup by BNP Paribas is the largest annual international team competition in women’s sport, with 90 nations entered in 2012. The event was established in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the ITF. The title sponsor is BNP Paribas, the Official Bank of Fed Cup. Adecco (Official HR Sponsor) and BoscoSport (Official Clothing Sponsor) are international sponsors, and Wilson Sporting Goods (Official Ball) is an international partner. Follow all the action on www.fedcup.com, www.fedcup.com/es and www.twitter.com/fedcup.

WORLD GROUP SEMIFINALS

RUSSIA v SERBIA

Venue: Sports Palace “Megasport”, Moscow, RUS (clay – indoors)

Russia

Maria Kirilenko

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Svetlana Kuznetsova

Elena Vesnina

Captain: Shamil Tarpischev

Serbia

Ana Ivanovic

Jelena Jankovic

Bojana Jovanovski

Aleksandra Krunic

Captain: Dejan Vranes

CZECH REPUBLIC v ITALY

Venue: CEZ Arena, Ostrava, CZE (hard – indoors)

Czech Republic

Petra Kvitova

Lucie Safarova

Lucie Hradecka

Andrea Hlavackova

Captain: Petr Pala

Italy

Francesca Schiavone

Roberta Vinci

Flavia Pennetta

Sara Errani

Captain: Corrado Barazzutti

WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS

UKRAINE v USA

Venue: Superior Golf & Spa Resort, Kharkiv, UKR (clay – outdoors)

Ukraine

Lesia Tsurenko

Elina Svitolina

Lyudmyla Kichenok

Nadiya Kichenok

Captain: Igor Dernovskyi

USA

Serena Williams

Christina McHale

Sloane Stephens

Liezel Huber

Captain: Mary Joe Fernandez

JAPAN v BELGIUM

Venue: Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan (hard – indoors)

Japan

Ayumi Morita

Kimiko Date-Krumm

Kurumi Nara

Rika Fujiwara

Captain: Takeshi Murakami

Belgium

Kirsten Flipkens

Tamaryn Hendler

Alison Van Uytvanck

An-Sophie Mestach

Captain: Ann Devries

SPAIN v SLOVAK REPUBLIC

Venue: Club de Tenis Puente Romano, Marbella, Spain (clay – outdoors)

Spain

Silvia Soler-Espinosa

Lourdes Dominguez-Lino

Arantxa Parra-Santonja

Nuria Llagostera Vives

Captain: Arantxa Sanchez Vicario

Slovak Republic

Dominika Cibulkova

Daniela Hantuchova

Magdalena Rybarikova

Anna Karolina Schmiedlova

Captain: Matej Liptak

GERMANY v AUSTRALIA

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

Germany

Andrea Petkovic

Angelique Kerber

Julia Goerges

Anna-Lena Groenefeld

Captain: Barbara Rittner

Australia

Samantha Stosur

Jarmila Gajdosova

Casey Dellacqua

Olivia Rogowska

Captain: David Taylor

WORLD GROUP II PLAY-OFFS

FRANCE v SLOVENIA

Venue: Palais des Sports, Besancon, FRA (hard – indoors)

France

Pauline Parmentier

Stephanie Foretz Gacon

Virginie Razzano

Kristina Mladenovic

Captain: Nicolas Escude

Slovenia

Polona Hercog

Petra Rampre

Nastja Kolar

Katarina Srebotnik

Captain: Maja Matevzic

SWITZERLAND v BELARUS

Venue: Complexe Sportive des Iles, Yverdon-les-Bains, SUI (hard – indoors)

Switzerland

Stefanie Voegele

Amra Sadikovic

Timea Bacsinszky

Belinda Bencic

Captain: Heinz Guenthardt

Belarus

Olga Govortsova

Darya Kustova

Aliaksandra Sasnovich

Darya Lebesheva

Captain: Alexander Skrypko

SWEDEN v GREAT BRITAIN

Venue: Borashallen, Boras, SWE (hard – indoors)

Sweden

Sofia Arvidsson

Johanna Larsson

Hilda Melander

Ellen Allgurin

Captain: Maria Strandlund-Tomsvik

Great Britain

Elena Baltacha

Anne Keothavong

Heather Watson

Laura Robson

Captain: Judy Murray

ARGENTINA v CHINA, P.R.

Venue: Parque Roca, Buenos Aires, ARG (clay – outdoors)

Argentina

Paula Ormaechea

Florencia Molinero

Maria Irigoyen

Mailen Auroux

Captain: Bettina Fulco

China, P.R.

Wang Qiang

Zhou Yi-Miao

Liang Chen

Liu Wan-Ting

Captain: Fu Zhong








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