2015 FED CUP BY BNP PARIBAS WORLD GROUP AND WORLD GROUP II RESULTS & TENNIS NEWS

Written by: Staff on 8th February 2015

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2015 FED CUP BY BNP PARIBAS WORLD GROUP AND WORLD GROUP II RESULTS & TENNIS NEWS

epa04609891 Dutch Arantxa Rus in action against Anna Schmiedlova of Slovakia during the Fed Cup World Group II match between the Netherlands and Slovakia in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, 08 February 2015. EPA/SANDER KONING |

FED CUP BY BNP PARIBAS RESULTS

8 February 2015

Please find below Sunday’s results from the 2015 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group and World Group II first round ties taking place on 7-8 February.

In the World Group semifinals, on 18-19 April, Russia will be at home to Germany, while France will be away to Czech Republic.

Netherlands, Romania, Switzerland and USA, the four winners in World Group II, have qualified for the World Group play-offs on 18-19 April, where they will be joined by the four World Group first round losers, Australia, Canada, Italy and Poland.

Belarus, Japan, Paraguay and Serbia, who all qualified from their respective Zone Group I events which finished on Saturday, will contest the World Group II play-offs on 18-19 April, where they will be joined by the four World Group II losers, Argentina, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden.

The draw for the World Group play-offs and World Group II play-offs will be held at the ITF offices in London on Tuesday 10 February at 10:00 GMT. The seeds will be based on the new Fed Cup Nations Ranking of 9 February.

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.

USA’s Venus Williams returns the ball to Argentina’s Maria Irigoyen during the Fed Cup World Group II tennis match, in Pilar locality, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, 08 February 2015. EPA/Juan Ignacio Roncoroni

WORLD GROUP FIRST ROUND

CZECH REPUBLIC defeated CANADA 4-0

Venue: PEPS, Quebec City, CAN (hard – indoors)

Karolina Pliskova (CZE) d. Francoise Abanda (CAN) 62 64

Tereza Smitkova (CZE) d. Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) 61 62

Karolina Pliskova (CZE) d. Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) 64 62

Francoise Abanda (CAN) v Tereza Smitkova (CZE) not played

Denisa Allertova/Lucie Hradecka (CZE) d. Francoise Abanda/Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) 61 76(2)

FRANCE defeated ITALY 3-2

Venue: 105 Stadium, Genoa, ITA (clay – indoors)

Sara Errani (ITA) d. Caroline Garcia (FRA) 76(2) 75

Camila Giorgi (ITA) d. Alize Cornet (FRA) 64 62

Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) d. Sara Errani (ITA) 64 63

Caroline Garcia (FRA) d. Camila Giorgi (ITA) 46 60 62

Caroline Garcia/Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) d. Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci (ITA) 61 62

RUSSIA defeated POLAND 4-0

Venue: Krakow Arena, Krakow, POL (hard – indoors)

Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 64 26 62

Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. Urszula Radwanska (POL) 60 63

Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 61 75

Urszula Radwanska (POL) v Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) not played

Vitalia Diatchenko/Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d. Klaudia Jans-Ignacik/Alicja Rosolska (POL) 64 64

GERMANY defeated AUSTRALIA 4-1

Venue: Porsche Arena, Stuttgart, GER (hard – indoors)

Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) d. Angelique Kerber (GER) 46 62 64

Andrea Petkovic (GER) d. Samantha Stosur (AUS) 64 36 1210

Angelique Kerber (GER) d. Samantha Stosur (AUS) 62 64

Andrea Petkovic (GER) d. Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) 63 36 86

Julia Goerges/Sabine Lisicki (GER) d. Casey Dellacqua/Olivia Rogowska (AUS) 67(2) 76(7) [10-6]

Romania’s Fed Cup team celebrate their victory over Spain at the end of their Fed Cup World Group II first round tennis match Romania vs Spain in Galati city, 240 Km north-east from Bucharest, Romania, 08 February 2015. EPA/ROBERT GHEMENT

WORLD GROUP II FIRST ROUND

NETHERLANDS defeated SLOVAKIA 4-1

Venue: Omnisport Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn, NED (clay – indoors)

Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) d. Kiki Bertens (NED) 62 75

Arantxa Rus (NED) d. Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 63 64

Kiki Bertens (NED) d. Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 61 26 61

Arantxa Rus (NED) d. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) 63 26 64

Richel Hogenkamp/Michaella Krajicek (NED) d. Kristina Kucova/Kristina Schmiedlova (SVK) 75 61

ROMANIA defeated SPAIN 3-2

Venue: Danube Arena, Galati, ROU (hard – indoors)

Simona Halep (ROU) d. Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) 62 61

Garbine Muguruza (ESP) d. Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 63 62

Garbine Muguruza (ESP) d. Simona Halep (ROU) 64 63

Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) d. Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) 62 64

Irina-Camelia Begu/Monica Niculescu (ROU) d. Anabel Medina Garrigues/Garbine Muguruza (ESP) 57 63 62

SWITZERLAND defeated SWEDEN 3-1

Venue: Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg, SWE (hard – indoors)

Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) d. Rebecca Peterson (SWE) 76(4) 60

Belinda Bencic (SUI) d. Johanna Larsson (SWE) 61 62

Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) d. Johanna Larsson (SWE) 63 76(5)

Rebecca Peterson (SWE) v Belinda Bencic (SUI) not played

Johanna Larsson/Rebecca Peterson (SWE) d. Viktorija Golubic/Xenia Knoll (SUI) 57 62 [10-5]

USA defeated ARGENTINA 4-1

Venue: Pilara Tennis Club, Buenos Aires (clay – outdoors)

Venus Williams (USA) d. Paula Ormaechea (ARG) 63 62

Serena Williams (USA) d. Maria Irigoyen (ARG) 75 60

Paula Ormaechea (ARG) d. CoCo Vandeweghe (USA) 64 64

Venus Williams (USA) d. Maria Irigoyen (ARG) 61 64

Taylor Townsend/CoCo Vandeweghe (USA) d. Tatiana Bua/Nadia Podoroska (ARG) 62 63

Topics: Bnp Paribas, Fed Cup, Itf, Tennis

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