FED CUP LADIES TENNIS FULL TEAM ROSTERS, SHARAPOVA, THE WILLIAMS SISTERS & AZARENKA ALL PLAYING. YES, NEXT YEAR IS AN OLYMPIC YEAR

Written by: Staff on 8th April 2015

FED CUP LADIES TENNIS FULL TEAM ROSTERS, SHARAPOVA, THE WILLIAMS SISTERS & AZARENKA ALL PLAYING. YES, NEXT YEAR IS AN OLYMPIC YEAR

epa04666908 Maria Sharapova of Russia in action during her fourth round match against Flavia Pennetta of Italy at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California, USA, 17 March 2015. EPA/MIKE NELSON |

COMPLETE ROSTERS AND MATCH UPS.

Nominations announced for Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group semifinals and play-offs

The ITF has announced the official team nominations for the 2015 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group semifinals, and World Group and World Group II play-offs taking place on 18-19 April.

Two Fed Cup Zone Group events are also taking place in the week commencing 13 April: Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in Hyderabad, India (14-18 April); and Europe/Africa Zone Group III in Ulcinj, Montenegro (15-18 April).

The four winners of the World Group Play-offs will qualify for the 2016 World Group, with the losers contesting 2016 World Group II. The four winners of the World Group II play-offs will qualify for 2016 World Group II, with the four losers contesting the 2016 Zone Group I events.

Live scoring will be available on the official Fed Cup website throughout the week. In addition, the English and Spanish versions of the website will feature a live blog, reports, photographs, audio interviews and live streaming. There will also be a fan zone showing the best social media content on www.fedcup.com/showyourcolours.

Fed Cup by BNP Paribas is the World Cup of Tennis. It is the largest annual international team competition in women’s sport, with 99 nations entered in 2015. The event celebrated its 50th birthday in 2013 in the ITF’s centenary year. The title sponsor is BNP Paribas, the Official Bank of Fed Cup. Adecco (Official HR Sponsor) is an international sponsor and beIN SPORTS is the Official Global Media Rights Partner. Follow all the action on www.fedcup.com, www.fedcup.com/es, www.twitter.com/fedcup, www.facebook.com/FedCup, www.Weibo.com/fedcupofficial and www.fedcup.tv.

Dutch player Michaella Krajicek returns to Yaroslava Shvedova from Kazakhstan during the second round of the tennis tournament Topshelf Open in Rosmalen, Netherlands, 18 June 2014. EPA/KOEN SUYK

WORLD GROUP SEMIFINALS

CZECH REPUBLIC v FRANCE

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

Czech Republic

Petra Kvitova

Karolina Pliskova

Lucie Safarova

Barbora Strycova

Captain: Petr Pala

France

Alize Cornet

Caroline Garcia

Kristina Mladenovic

Pauline Parmentier

Captain: Amelie Mauresmo

RUSSIA v GERMANY

Venue: Adler Arena, Sochi, RUS (clay – indoors)

Russia

Maria Sharapova

Svetlana Kuznetsova

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Elena Vesnina

Captain: Anastasia Myskina

Germany

Andrea Petkovic

Angelique Kerber

Sabine Lisicki

Julia Goerges

Captain: Barbara Rittner

WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS

ITALY v USA

Venue: Circolo Tennis Brindisi, Brindisi, ITA (clay – outdoors)

Italy

Sara Errani

Flavia Pennetta

Camila Giorgi

Karin Knapp

Captain: Corrado Barazzutti

USA

Serena Williams

Venus Williams

Alison Riske

Christina McHale

Captain: Mary Joe Fernandez

Venus Williams of the United States in action against Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain during their quarter finals match at the Miami Open tennis tournament on Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida, USA, 31 March 2015. EPA/ERIK S. LESSER

NETHERLANDS v AUSTRALIA

Venue: Maaspoort Sports & Events, ’s-Hertogenbosch, NED (clay – indoors)

Netherlands

Kiki Bertens

Richel Hogenkamp

Arantxa Rus

Michaella Krajicek

Captain: Paul Haarhuis

Australia

Samantha Stosur

Casey Dellacqua

Jarmila Gajdosova

Olivia Rogowska

Captain: Alicia Molik

POLAND v SWITZERLAND

Venue: Centrum Rekreacyjno Sportowe, Zielona Gora, POL (hard – indoors)

Poland

Agnieszka Radwanska

Urszula Radwanska

Alicja Rosolska

Klaudia Jans-Ignacik

Captain: Tomasz Wiktorowski

Switzerland

Timea Bacsinszky

Stefanie Voegele

Viktorija Golubic

Martina Hingis

Captain: Heinz Guenthardt

CANADA v ROMANIA

Venue: Arena Maurice Richard, Montreal, CAN (hard – indoors)

Canada

Gabriela Dabrowski

Sharon Fichman

Francoise Abanda

Captain: Sylvain Bruneau

Romania

Irina-Camelia Begu

Alexandra Dulgheru

Andreea Mitu

Raluca Olaru

Captain: Alina Cercel-Tecsor

WORLD GROUP II PLAY-OFFS

SERBIA v PARAGUAY

Venue: Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad, SRB (hard – indoors)

Serbia

Ana Ivanovic

Jelena Jankovic

Aleksandra Krunic

Ivana Jorovic

Captain: Tatjana Jecmenica

Paraguay

Veronica Cepede Royg

Montserrat Gonzalez

Sara Gimenez

Camila Giangreco Campiz

Captain: Ramon Delgado

SLOVAKIA v SWEDEN

Venue: Aegon Arena National Tennis Centre, Bratislava, SVK (clay – indoors)

Slovakia

Daniela Hantuchova

Magdalena Rybarikova

Anna Karolina Schmiedlova

Jana Cepelova

Captain: Matej Liptak

Sweden

Johanna Larsson

Susanne Celik

Rebecca Peterson

Ellen Allgurin

Captain: Lars-Anders Wahlgren

JAPAN v BELARUS

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

Japan

Kurumi Nara

Misaki Doi

Eri Hozumi

Shuko Aoyama

Captain: Yuka Kaneko

Belarus

Victoria Azarenka

Olga Govortsova

Aliaksandra Sasnovich

Vera Lapko

Captain: Tatiana Poutchek

ARGENTINA v SPAIN

Venue: Tecnopolis, Buenos Aires, ARG (clay – outdoors)

Argentina

Paula Ormaechea

Maria Irigoyen

Nadia Podoroska

Tatiana Bua

Captain: Maria-Jose Gaidano

Spain

Lara Arruabarrena

Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor

Sara Sorribes Tormo

Anabel Medina Garrigues

Captain: Conchita Martinez

Topics: Bnp Paribas, Fed Cup, Michaella Krajicek, Serena Williams, Sharapova, Tennis, Venus Williams, Victoria Azarenka

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