Feb 5: Fed Cup World Group I & II Results
WORLD GROUP FIRST ROUND
AUSTRALIA level with ITALY 1-1
Venue: Domain Tennis Centre, Hobart, AUS (hard – outdoors)
Jarmila Groth (AUS) d. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 67(4) 63 63
Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Samantha Stosur (AUS) 76(5) 67(5) 64
Samantha Stosur (AUS) v Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
Jarmila Groth (AUS) v Flavia Pennetta (ITA)
Anastasia Rodionova/Rennae Stubbs (AUS) v Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci (ITA)
FRANCE leads RUSSIA 2-0
Venue: Olympic Stadium, Moscow, RUS (hard – indoors)
Alize Cornet (FRA) d. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 36 63 64
Virginie Razzano (FRA) d. Maria Sharapova (RUS) 63 64
Maria Sharapova (RUS) v Alize Cornet (FRA)
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) v Virginie Razzano (FRA)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova/Dinara Safina (RUS) v Julie Coin/Pauline Parmentier (FRA)
CZECH REPUBLIC leads SLOVAK REPUBLIC 2-0
Venue: Sibamac Arena, Bratislava, SVK (hard – indoors)
Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 75 61
Petra Kvitova (CZE) d. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 62 63
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) v Petra Kvitova (CZE)
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) v Lucie Safarova (CZE)
Daniela Hantuchova/Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) v Barbora Zahlavova Strycova/Kveta Peschke (CZE)
BELGIUM leads USA 2-0
Venue: Sportpaleis Antwerp, Antwerp, BEL (hard – indoors)
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 61 76(6)
Kim Clijsters (BEL) d. Melanie Oudin (USA) 60 64
Kim Clijsters (BEL) v Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) v Melanie Oudin (USA)
Kirsten Flipkens/An-Sophie Mestach (BEL) v Liezel Huber/Vania King (USA)
WORLD GROUP II FIRST ROUND
ESTONIA level with SPAIN 1-1
Venue: Tere Tennis Club, Tallinn, EST (hard – indoors)
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) d. Anett Kontaveit (EST) 62 60
Kaia Kanepi (EST) d. Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 63 62
Kaia Kanepi (EST) v Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP)
Anett Kontaveit (EST) v Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP)
Maret Ani/Kaia Kanepi (EST) v Nuria Llagostera Vives/Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)
SLOVENIA level with GERMANY 1-1
Venue: Ljudski vrt Sports Hall, Maribor, SLO (clay – indoors)
Andrea Petkovic (GER) d. Masa Zec-Peskiric (SLO) 63 64
Polona Hercog (SLO) d. Julia Goerges (GER) 75 64
Polona Hercog (SLO) v Andrea Petkovic (GER)
Masa Zec-Peskiric (SLO) v Julia Goerges (GER)
Polona Hercog/Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) v Anna-Lena Groenefeld/Tatjana Malek (GER)
SERBIA level with CANADA 1-1
Venue: Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad, SRB (hard – indoors)
Rebecca Marino (CAN) d. Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) 63 36 75
Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) d. Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 64 75
Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) v Rebecca Marino (CAN)
Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) v Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN)
Tamara Curovic/Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) v Sharon Fichman/Marie-Eve Pelletier (CAN)
SWEDEN level with UKRAINE 1-1
Venue: Idrottens Hus, Helsingborg, SWE (hard – indoors)
Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) d. Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 63 62
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) d. Johanna Larsson (SWE) 76(2) 76(5)
Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) v Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR)
Johanna Larsson (SWE) v Lesia Tsurenko (UKR)
Sofia Arvidsson/Johanna Larsson (SWE) v Kateryna Bondarenko/Olga Savchuk (UKR)
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