The International Tennis Federation has announced the list of team nominations for February’s opening round of Fed Cup.
Grand Slam champions Venus and Serena Williams are not on the roster for the United States.
Fed Cup by BNP Paribas is the largest annual international team competition in women’s sport, with 86 nations entered in 2008. The World Group and World Group II first round ties will be played on February 2-3.
World Group First Round
ISRAEL v RUSSIA
Venue: Canada Stadium, Ramat Hasharon, Israel (hard – outdoors)
Israel
Shahar Peer
Tzipora Obziler
Keren Shlomo
Julia Glushko
Captain: Oded Jacob
Russia
Maria Sharapova
Anna Chakvetadze
Dinara Safina
Elena Vesnina
Captain: Shamil Tarpischev
USA v GERMANY
Venue: La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, CA., USA (hard – outdoors)
USA
Lindsay Davenport
Laura Granville
Ashley Harkleroad
Lisa Raymond
Captain: Zina Garrison
Germany
Tatjana Malek
Julia Goerges
Sabine Lisicki
Anna-Lena Groenefeld
Captain: Barbara Rittner
CHINA, P.R. v FRANCE
Venue: Beijing International Tennis Center, Beijing, China, P.R. (hard – indoors)
China, P.R.
Na Li
Shuai Peng
Jie Zheng
Zi Yan
Captain: Hong-Wei Jiang
France
Marion Bartoli
Amelie Mauresmo
Virginie Razzano
Nathalie Dechy
Captain: Georges Goven
ITALY v SPAIN
Venue: PalaVesuvio, Naples, Italy (hard – indoors)
Italy
Francesca Schiavone
Flavia Pennetta
Tathiana Garbin
Sara Errani
Captain: Corrado Barazzutti
Spain
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Lourdes Dominguez-Lino
Virginia Ruano
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Captain: Miguel Margets Lobato
For more information or to see the nominations for World Group II, please visit www.fedcup.com.
