Top players Jelena Jankovic, Ana Ivanovic, Elena Dementieva and Svetlana Kuznetsova lead the list of team nominations for the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group and World Group II first round ties to be played February 7-8.
Notably absent from the United States’ squad is Venus and Serena Williams.
Zonal events taking place the week of February 2 are Europe/Africa Zone Group I in Tallinn, Estonia; Asia/Oceania Groups I and II in Perth, Australia; and Americas Zone Group I in Montreal, Canada.
In addition to live scoring from the World Group and World Group II ties, the official Fed Cup website (www.fedcup.com) will feature reports, photographs, audio interviews and full results from all the ties and Zonal Group events. There is also the Fed Cup Radio audio service.
WORLD GROUP FIRST ROUND
RUSSIA v CHINA, P.R.
Venue: Olympic Stadium, Moscow, RUS (hard – 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 v ITALY
Venue: Palais Des Sports, Orleans, FRA (hard – 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 v ARGENTINA
Venue: Surprise Racketball & Tennis Complex, Surprise, AZ, USA (hard – 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 v SPAIN
Venue: Brno Exhibition Centre, Brno, CZE (carpet – 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
Venue: 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
Venue: 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
Venue: 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
Fed Cup by BNP Paribas is the largest annual international team competition in women’s sport, with 88 nations entered in 2009.
