Feb 6: Fed Cup World Group and World Group II Results
WORLD GROUP FIRST ROUND
ITALY defeated AUSTRALIA 4-1
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
Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d. Samantha Stosur (AUS) 76(1) 36 75
Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Jarmila Groth (AUS) 62 63
Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci (ITA) d. Anastasia Rodionova/Rennae Stubbs (AUS) 26 76(1) 64
RUSSIA defeated FRANCE 3-2
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
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d. Alize Cornet (FRA) 36 63 62
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. Virginie Razzano (FRA) 64 64
Svetlana Kuznetsova/Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d. Julie Coin/Alize Cornet (FRA) 76(4) 60
CZECH REPUBLIC defeated SLOVAK REPUBLIC 3-2
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
Petra Kvitova (CZE) d. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 64 62
Jana Cepelova (SVK) d. Lucie Safarova (CZE) 57 76(5) ret.
Jana Cepelova/Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d. Kveta Peschke/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 61 46 76(4)
BELGIUM defeated USA 4-1
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) d. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 67(10) 62 61
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. Melanie Oudin (USA) 62 60
Liezel Huber/Vania King (USA) d. Kirsten Flipkens/An-Sophie Mestach (BEL) 63 75
WORLD GROUP II FIRST ROUND
SPAIN defeated ESTONIA 4-1
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
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) d. Kaia Kanepi (EST) 36 64 63
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) d. Anett Kontaveit (EST) 62 62
Nuria Llagostera Vives/Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) d. Maret Ani/Margit Ruutel (EST) 61 76(5)
GERMANY defeated SLOVENIA 4-1
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
Andrea Petkovic (GER) d. Polona Hercog (SLO) 61 62
Julia Goerges (GER) d. Masa Zec-Peskiric (SLO) 64 62
Anna-Lena Groenefeld/Tatjana Malek (GER) d. Polona Hercog/Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) 76(3) ret.
SERBIA defeated CANADA 3-2
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) d. Rebecca Marino (CAN) 76(3) 63
Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) d. Ana Jovanovic (SRB) 60 64
Bojana Jovanovski/Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) d. Sharon Fichman/Marie-Eve Pelletier (CAN) 76(5) 64
UKRAINE defeated SWEDEN 3-2
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)
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) d. Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) d. 76(3) 64
Johanna Larsson (SWE) d. Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 67(3) 62 63
Kateryna Bondarenko/Olga Savchuk (UKR) d. Sofia Arvidsson/Johanna Larsson (SWE) 75 62
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