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Tennis News Wire -
The ITF has announced the official team nominations
for the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group semifinals,
and World Group and World Group II play-offs taking
place on 21-22 April.
In addition, the following Zone Group events are taking
place the week of 16 April: Europe/Africa Zone Groups II
and III in Cairo, Egypt; and Americas Zone Group II in
Guadalajara, Mexico.
WORLD GROUP SEMIFINALS
RUSSIA v SERBIA
Venue: Sports Palace “Megasport”, Moscow, RUS (clay –
indoors)
Russia
Maria Kirilenko
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Elena Vesnina
Captain: Shamil Tarpischev
Serbia
Ana Ivanovic
Jelena Jankovic
Bojana Jovanovski
Aleksandra Krunic
Captain: Dejan Vranes
CZECH REPUBLIC v ITALY
Venue: CEZ Arena, Ostrava, CZE (hard – indoors)
Czech Republic
Petra Kvitova
Lucie Safarova
Lucie Hradecka
Andrea Hlavackova
Captain: Petr Pala
Italy
Francesca Schiavone
Roberta Vinci
Flavia Pennetta
Sara Errani
Captain: Corrado Barazzutti
WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS
UKRAINE v USA
Venue: Superior Golf & Spa Resort, Kharkiv, UKR (clay -
outdoors)
Ukraine
Lesia Tsurenko
Elina Svitolina
Lyudmyla Kichenok
Nadiya Kichenok
Captain: Igor Dernovskyi
USA
Serena Williams
Christina McHale
Sloane Stephens
Liezel Huber
Captain: Mary Joe Fernandez
JAPAN v BELGIUM
Venue: Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan (hard – indoors)
Japan
Ayumi Morita
Kimiko Date-Krumm
Kurumi Nara
Rika Fujiwara
Captain: Takeshi Murakami
Belgium
Kirsten Flipkens
Tamaryn Hendler
Alison Van Uytvanck
An-Sophie Mestach
Captain: Ann Devries
SPAIN v SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Venue: Club de Tenis Puente Romano, Marbella, Spain
(clay - outdoors)
Spain
Silvia Soler-Espinosa
Lourdes Dominguez-Lino
Arantxa Parra-Santonja
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Captain: Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
Slovak Republic
Dominika Cibulkova
Daniela Hantuchova
Magdalena Rybarikova
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
Captain: Matej Liptak
GERMANY v AUSTRALIA
Venue: Porsche Arena, Stuttgart, GER (clay – indoors)
Germany
Andrea Petkovic
Angelique Kerber
Julia Goerges
Anna-Lena Groenefeld
Captain: Barbara Rittner
Australia
Samantha Stosur
Jarmila Gajdosova
Casey Dellacqua
Olivia Rogowska
Captain: David Taylor
WORLD GROUP II PLAY-OFFS
FRANCE v SLOVENIA
Venue: Palais des Sports, Besancon, FRA (hard - indoors)
France
Pauline Parmentier
Stephanie Foretz Gacon
Virginie Razzano
Kristina Mladenovic
Captain: Nicolas Escude
Slovenia
Polona Hercog
Petra Rampre
Nastja Kolar
Katarina Srebotnik
Captain: Maja Matevzic
SWITZERLAND v BELARUS
Venue: Complexe Sportive des Iles, Yverdon-les-Bains,
SUI (hard – indoors)
Switzerland
Stefanie Voegele
Amra Sadikovic
Timea Bacsinszky
Belinda Bencic
Captain: Heinz Guenthardt
Belarus
Olga Govortsova
Darya Kustova
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Darya Lebesheva
Captain: Alexander Skrypko
SWEDEN v GREAT BRITAIN
Venue: Borashallen, Boras, SWE (hard - indoors)
Sweden
Sofia Arvidsson
Johanna Larsson
Hilda Melander
Ellen Allgurin
Captain: Maria Strandlund-Tomsvik
Great Britain
Elena Baltacha
Anne Keothavong
Heather Watson
Laura Robson
Captain: Judy Murray
ARGENTINA v CHINA, P.R.
Venue: Parque Roca, Buenos Aires, ARG (clay – outdoors)
Argentina
Paula Ormaechea
Florencia Molinero
Maria Irigoyen
Mailen Auroux
Captain: Bettina Fulco
China, P.R.
Wang Qiang
Zhou Yi-Miao
Liang Chen
Liu Wan-Ting
Captain: Fu Zhong
