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Canada’s Fed Cup team is headed to World Group I for the first time in history after defeating the Slovak Republic 3-1 in the World Group play-off tie held at PEPS on the campus of Laval University in Quebec City this weekend.
Australian Open finalist Dominika Cibulkova fulfilled her top seeding after a few rough showings since Melbourne, with the Slovak beating Poland Urszula Radwanska 6-3, 6-4 in the first round.
This was a battle of the scrambling wounded. Victoria Azarenka had a bandage running up most of her leg; Serena Williams had both ankles taped.
This event has six slots for qualifiers, rather than the usual four, but only two of the top six seeds made the qualifying final.
Maria Sharapova pads her margin over Victoria Azarenka very slightly, but almost certainly not enough to matter.