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 9-10.
WORLD GROUP FIRST ROUND
CZECH REPUBLIC v AUSTRALIA
Venue: Cez Arena, Ostrava, CZE (hard – indoors)
Czech Republic
Petra Kvitova
Lucie Safarova
Lucie Hradecka
Andrea Hlavackova
Captain: Petr Pala
Australia
Samantha Stosur
Casey Dellacqua
Jarmila Gajdosova
Ashleigh Barty
Captain: Alicia Molik
ITALY v USA
Venue: 105 Stadium, Rimini, ITA (clay – indoors)
Italy
Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci
Karin Knapp
Nastassja Burnett
Captain: Corrado Barazzutti
USA
Sloane Stephens
Varvara Lepchenko
Jamie Hampton
Liezel Huber
Captain: Mary Joe Fernandez RUSSIA v JAPAN
Venue: Olympic Stadium, Moscow, RUS (hard – indoors)
Russia
Maria Kirilenko
Ekaterina Makarova
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Elena Vesnina
Captain: Shamil Tarpischev
Japan
Ayumi Morita
Kimiko Date-Krumm
Misaki Doi
Kurumi Nara
Captain: Takeshi Murakami
SERBIA v SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Venue: Hala “CAIR”, Nis, SRB (hard – indoors)
Serbia
Ana Ivanovic
Jelena Jankovic
Bojana Jovanovski
Vesna Dolonc
Captain: Dejan Vranes
Slovak Republic
Dominika Cibulkova
Daniela Hantuchova
Magdalena Rybarikova
Jana Cepelova
Captain: Matej Liptak
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