United States vs. Sweden – Fed Cup by BNP Paribas

Written by: on 21st April 2013
Sony Open tennis tournament on Key Biscayne, Florida
United States vs. Sweden - Fed Cup by BNP Paribas

epa03635304 Venus Williams of the USA returns the ball to Kimiko Date-Krumm of Japan during their match at the Sony Open tennis tournament in Miami, Florida, USA, 21 March 2013. EPA/RHONA WISE  |

WORLD GROUP PLAYOFF WRAPUP

 

For as much as Venus Williams has accomplished, the seven-time Grand Slam singles champion and four-time Olympic gold medalist achieved a first on Sunday.

 

Williams, ranked No. 22 in the world, defeated No. 66 Johanna Larsson of Sweden, 6-3, 7-5, to clinch the United States’ Fed Cup World Group Playoff victory over Sweden at the Delray Beach Tennis Center in Delray Beach, Fla. It is the first time Williams – who has played in nine U.S. Fed Cup ties and won a Fed Cup championship in 1999 – has clinched a tie for the U.S.

 

Substituted in for Sloane Stephens by U.S. Captain Mary Joe Fernandez, Williams, after eight match points, clinched the tie in the fourth and final singles match. The U.S. won the tie, 3-2, after Sweden recorded a walkover victory in the doubles match.

 

In Sunday’s first singles rubber, a meeting of each team’s No. 1 players, world No. 1 Serena Williams defeated No. 54 Sofia Arvidsson, 6-2, 6-1, to give the U.S. a 2-1 advantage. Serena’s 57-minute triumph brought her total match time in two singles victories this weekend to 2 hours, 3 minutes between Saturday and Sunday. The U.S. is 6-0 when Serena plays.

 

Overall, Serena is 10-0 in Fed Cup singles play, while Venus is 15-3. This was the fifth Fed Cup tie in which the Williams sisters have played together and only the third Fed Cup tie in which they have both played singles

 

The U.S. now improves to 4-1 against Sweden, 4-0 in ties played in Florida and 3-0 in ties played at the Delray Beach Tennis Center. Fifth-year U.S. Captain Mary Joe Fernandez improved her record to 7-5.

 

THE U.S. DEFEATS SWEDEN, 3-2

 

DAY/LOCAL TIME MATCH PAIRING

Saturday Singles A: Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) d. Sloane Stephens (USA), 6-4, 4-6, 6-1

Singles B: Serena Williams (USA) d. Johanna Larsson (SWE), 6-2, 6-2

Sunday, 1:00 p.m. Singles C: Serena Williams (USA) d. Sofia Arvidsson (SWE), 6-2, 6-1

Singles D: Venus Williams (USA) d. Johanna Larsson (SWE), 6-3, 7-5

Doubles: Doubles Sofia Arvidsson/Johanna Larsson (SWE) d.

Varvara Lepchenko/Venus Williams (USA), w/o

 

UP NEXT

 

The U.S. will return to the World Group in 2014 to compete for the Fed Cup championship. The draw for the 2014 World Group First Round will be held on July 10. Sweden will be relegated to the World Group II Playoff next year.

 

FED CUP UPDATE

 

WORLD GROUP SEMIFINALS

Italy leads the Czech Republic, 2-1 (rain delay)

Russia defeated the Slovak Republic, 3-2

 

WORLD GROUP PLAYOFFS

USA defeated Sweden, 3-2

Germany defeated Serbia, 3-2

Switzerland and Australia are 0-0 (rain delay)

Spain defeated Japan, 4-0

 

WORLD GROUP II PLAYOFFS

Poland defeated Belgium, 4-1

Canada defeated Ukraine, 3-2

France defeated Kazakhstan, 4-1

Argentina defeated Great Britain, 3-1

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