I love me some Fed Cup. Play takes place February 7-8.
World Group First Round
RUSSIA vs. CHINA, P.R. (Olympic Stadium, Moscow, RUS (hard court – indoors))
Russia
Elena Dementieva
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Anna Chakvetadze
Alisa Kleybanova
Captain: Shamil Tarpischev
China, P.R.
Jie Zheng
Zi Yan
Shuai Zhang
Tian-Tian Sun
Captain: Qi Zhang
FRANCE vs. ITALY (Palais Des Sports, Orleans, FRA (hard court – indoors))
France
Alize Cornet
Amelie Mauresmo
Nathalie Dechy
Severine Bremond
Captain: Nicolas Escude
Italy
Francesca Schiavone
Flavia Pennetta
Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci
Captain: Corrado Barazzutti
USA vs. ARGENTINA (Surprise Racketball & Tennis Complex, Surprise, AZ, USA (hard court – outdoors))
USA
Bethanie Mattek
Jill Craybas
Melanie Oudin
Liezel Huber
Captain: Mary-Joe Fernandez
Argentina
Gisela Dulko
Betina Jozami
Soledad Esperon
Aranza Salut
Captain: Ricardo Rivera
CZECH REPUBLIC vs. SPAIN (Brno Exhibition Centre, Brno, CZE (carpet court – indoors))
Czech Republic
Iveta Benesova
Petra Kvitova
Lucie Safarova
Kveta Peschke
Captain: Petr Pala
Spain
Carla Suarez Navarro
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Maria-Jose Martinez Sanchez
Lourdes Dominguez-Lino
Captain: Miguel Margets Lobato
WORLD GROUP II FIRST ROUND
SLOVAK REPUBLIC v BELGIUM (Sibamac Arena, Bratislava, SVK (hard – indoors))
Slovak Republic
Dominika Cibulkova
Daniela Hantuchova
Magdalena Rybarikova
Lenka Wienerova
Captain: Matej Liptak
Belgium
Yanina Wickmayer
Kirsten Flipkens
Tamaryn Hendler
Sofie Oyen
Captain: Sabine Appelmans
SWITZERLAND v GERMANY (Saalsporthalle, Zurich, SUI (hard – indoors))
Switzerland
Patty Schnyder
Timea Bacsinszky
Stefanie Voegele
Nicole Riner
Captain: Severin Luthi
Germany
Sabine Lisicki
Anna-Lena Groenefeld
Kristina Barrois
Tatjana Malek
Captain: Barbara Rittner
SERBIA v JAPAN (Venue: Belgrade Arena, Belgrade, SRB (hard – indoors)
Serbia
Jelena Jankovic
Ana Ivanovic
Ana Jovanovic
Bojana Jovanovski
Captain: Dejan Vranes
Japan
Ai Sugiyama
Ayumi Morita
Aiko Nakamura
Rika Fujiwara
Captain: Minoru Ueda
UKRAINE v ISRAEL (Palace of Sports “Lokomotiv”, Kharkiv, UKR (hard – indoors))
Ukraine
Alona Bondarenko
Kateryna Bondarenko
Mariya Koryttseva
Olga Savchuk
Captain: Volodymyr Bogdanov
Israel
Shahar Peer
Tzipora Obziler
Julia Glushko
Chen Astrogo
Captain: Lior Mor
Man, the fact that Serbia will finally get into World Group is nice. Because their lineup is so ridiculous when compared to the other World Group II teams and half the World Group I teams.
