2016 FED CUP BY BNP PARIBAS WORLD GROUP & WORLD GROUP II TIES, SIMONA HALEP DECIDED TO PLAY & GENIE BOUCHARD SAYS NO CAN DO, FULL LIST HERE – VENUS IS PLAYING FOR AMERICA

Written by: Staff on 3rd February 2016

2016 FED CUP BY BNP PARIBAS WORLD GROUP & WORLD GROUP II TIES, SIMONA HALEP DECIDED TO PLAY & GENIE BOUCHARD SAYS NO CAN DO, FULL LIST HERE - VENUS IS PLAYING FOR AMERICA |

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Nominations announced for Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group and World Group II ties

The ITF has announced the official team nominations for the 2016 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group and World Group II first round ties taking place on 6-7 February.

Three Zone Group I events are also taking place on 3-6 February: Europe/Africa Zone Group I in Eilat, Israel; Americas Zone Group I in Santa Cruz, Bolivia; and Asia/Oceania Zone Group I in Hua Hin, Thailand.

All nations contesting the Zone Group I events will be bidding to qualify for the Fed Cup World Group II play-offs on 16-17 April, with two teams qualifying from the Europe/Africa Zone, and one team from both the Americas and Asia/Oceania Zones.

Live scoring will be available on the official Fed Cup website throughout the week. The English and Spanish websites will both feature a live blog, reports, photographs, audio interviews and live streaming. There will also be a fan zone showing the best social media content at 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 102 nations entered in 2016. The competition is 53 years old having been founded in 1963.

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WORLD GROUP FIRST ROUND

ROMANIA v CZECH REPUBLIC

Venue: Sala Polivalenta Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, ROU (hard – indoor)

Romania

Simona Halep

Irina-Camelia Begu

Monica Niculescu

Andreea Mitu

Captain: Alina Cercel-Tecsor

Czech Republic

Petra Kvitova

Karolina Pliskova

Barbora Strycova

Denisa Allertova

Captain: Petr Pala

GERMANY v SWITZERLAND

Venue: Leipziger Messe, Leipzig, GER (hard – indoor)

Germany

Angelique Kerber

Andrea Petkovic

Julia Goerges

Annika Beck

Captain: Barbara Rittner

Switzerland

Belinda Bencic

Timea Bacsinszky

Viktorija Golubic

Martina Hingis

Captain: Heinz Guenthardt

FRANCE v ITALY

Venue: Palais des Sports de Marseille, Marseille, FRA (hard – indoor)

France

Kristina Mladenovic

Caroline Garcia

Pauline Parmentier

Oceane Dodin

Captain: Amelie Mauresmo

Italy

Sara Errani

Camila Giorgi

Francesca Schiavone

Martina Caregaro

Captain: Corrado Barazzutti

RUSSIA v NETHERLANDS

Venue: Olympic Stadium, Moscow, RUS (hard – indoor)

Russia

Maria Sharapova

Svetlana Kuznetsova

Ekaterina Makarova

Darya Kasatkina

Captain: Anastasia Myskina

Netherlands

Kiki Bertens

Richel Hogenkamp

Cindy Burger

Arantxa Rus

Captain: Paul Haarhuis

WORLD GROUP II FIRST ROUND

SLOVAKIA v AUSTRALIA

Venue: Aegon Arena, National Tennis Centre, Bratislava, SVK (hard – indoor)

Slovakia

Anna Karolina Schmiedlova

Dominika Cibulkova

Daniela Hantuchova

Jana Cepelova

Captain: Matej Liptak

Australia

Samantha Stosur

Casey Dellacqua

Jarmila Wolfe

Kimberly Birrell

Captain: Alicia Molik

CANADA v BELARUS

Venue: PEPS, Québec City, CAN (hard – indoor)

Canada

Gabriela Dabrowski

Francoise Abanda

Carol Zhao

Aleksandra Wozniak

Captain: Sylvain Bruneau

Belarus

Victoria Azarenka

Olga Govortsova

Aliaksandra Sasnovich

Vera Lapko

Captain: Eduard Dubrou

USA v POLAND

Venue: Holua Tennis Center, Kailua Kona, USA (hard – outdoor)

USA

Venus Williams

Sloane Stephens

Coco Vandeweghe

Bethanie Mattek-Sands

Captain: Mary Joe Fernandez

Poland

Magda Linette

Paula Kania

Alicja Rosolska

Playing captain: Klaudia Jans-Ignacik

SERBIA v SPAIN

Venue: Kraljevo Sports Centre, Kraljevo, SRB (hard – indoor)

Serbia

Jelena Jankovic

Bojana Jovanovski

Ivana Jorovic

Nina Stojanovic

Captain: Tatjana Jecmenica

Spain

Garbine Muguruza

Carla Suarez Navarro

Lara Arruabarrena

Lourdes Dominguez Lino

Captain: Conchita Martinez

Topics: 2016 Fed Cup, Itf, Tennis News

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