United States Fed Cup Captain Mary Joe Fernandez will visit the Surprise Tennis and Racquet Complex on Thursday, January 8 to test the court surface for the Fed Cup quarterfinal tie between the U.S. and Argentina.
As the host nation for the February 7-8 quarterfinal round, the U.S. is able to choose the location for the tie and dictate the surface and speed of the courts.
“I’m very excited for my first site visit to Surprise and its outstanding tennis facility,” said Fernandez, who is serving as Fed Cup Captain for the first time.
“Court testing is very important as it allows me the opportunity to tailor the speed of the court surface to the strengths of our team. Combined with a raucous home crowd, I think we’ll have a tough competitive advantage.”
The event is being organized, staged and promoted by the USTA, which will construct a 4,000 seat temporary stadium at the complex for the two-day, best-of-five match quarterfinal. The U.S. participants have not yet been named, and can be announced up to ten days before the event.
The 2009 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas quarterfinal between the United States and Argentina will begin with two singles matches at 12 p.m. MT on Saturday, February 7, and will conclude with two singles matches and one doubles match at 12 p.m. MT on Sunday, February 8.
