Fed Cup First Round Preview
Posted by gauloises1 on February 5, 2011
Italy v Australia
H2H: 0-5
Venue: Domain Tennis Centre, Hobart, Australia
Italy (defending champions): Francesca Schiavone, Flavia Pennetta, Sara Errani, Roberta Vinci, Corrado Barrazzutti (captain)
Australia: Samantha Stosur, Jarmila Groth, Anastasia Rodionova, Rennae Stubbs, David Taylor (captain)
Saturday OOP: Groth v Schiavone, Pennetta v Stosur
Russia v France
H2H: 5-3
Venue: Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia
Russia: Maria Sharapova, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Dinara Safina, Shamil Tarpischev (captain)
France: Alize Cornet, Virginie Razzano, Pauline Parmentier, Julie Coin, Nicolas Escude (captain)
Saturday OOP: Kuznetsova v Cornet, Sharapova v Razzano
Slovak Republic v Czech Republic
H2H: 0-3
Venue: Sibamac Arena, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Slovak Republic: Daniela Hantuchova, Dominika Cibulkova, Magdalena Rybarikova, Jana Cepelova, Matej Liptak (captain)
Czech Republic: Petra Kvitova, Lucie Safarova, Barbora Zahlalova Strycova, Kveta Peschke, Petr Pala (captain)
Saturday OOP: Hantuchova v Safarova, Cibulkova v Kvitova
Belgium v USA
H2H: 1-5
Venue: Sportpalais Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Belgium: Kim Clijsters, Yanina Wickmayer, Kirsten Flipkens, An-Sophie Mestach, Sabine Appelmans (captain)
U.S.A: Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Melanie Oudin, Vania King, Liezel Huber, Mary Joe Fernandez (captain)
Saturday OOP: Wickmayer v Mattek-Sands, Clijsters v Oudin
It’s going to be a good weekend …
