Delray Beach To Host Fed Cup Tie With Sweden

Written by: Resendiz on 27th February 2013

Delray Beach To Host Fed Cup Tie With Sweden |

The USTA announced that the Delray Beach Tennis Center in Delray Beach, Fla., has been selected as the site for the 2013 Fed Cup World Group Playoff between the United States and Sweden, April 20-21.

The event is being organized, staged and promoted by the USTA.

The winner of this tie will advance to the 2014 World Group and have a chance to compete for the Fed Cup title next year. The loser will be relegated to World Group II in 2014. The U.S. fell to Italy, 3-2, in the 2013 World Group first round in Rimini, Italy, February 9-10, despite two singles victories by world No. 25 Varvara Lepchenko over world No. 8 Sara Errani and world No. 16 Roberta Vinci in Lepchenko’s Fed Cup debut.

The World Group Playoff will mark the fifth matchup between the U.S. and Sweden in Fed Cup competition with the U.S. leading the series, 3-1. The two nations last faced each other in the second round of 1988 World Group competition, where the Swedes won, 2-1. The U.S. won the other three match-ups in 1966, 1975, and 1983.

The site selection is subject to final approval by the International Tennis Federation.

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