The Fed Cup semifinals on April 25-26 will feature Russia v Italy in Italy and Czech Republic against USA in Czech Republic.
The draw for both the World Group and World Group II Play-offs will be held at 10.30 GMT on Tuesday at the ITF offices in London and will be available on www.fedcup.com. The seedings for both draws will be be announced on Monday and will be according to the ITF Fed Cup Nations Ranking of 9 February.
WORLD GROUP FIRST ROUND
RUSSIA defeated CHINA, P.R. 5-0
Venue: Olympic Stadium, Moscow, RUS (hard – indoors)
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. Zi Yan (CHN) 62 64
Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. Shuai Zhang (CHN) 63 60
Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) d. Zi Yan (CHN) 61 62
Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) d. Tian-Tian Sun (CHN) 61 61
Elena Dementieva/Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. Tian-Tian Sun/Zi Yan (CHN) 16 64 64
ITALY defeated FRANCE 5-0
Venue: Palais Des Sports, Orleans, FRA (hard – indoors)
Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) 26 76(7) 64
Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d. Alize Cornet (FRA) 61 26 86
Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Alize Cornet (FRA) 62 62
Sara Errani (ITA) d. Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) 63 64
Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci (ITA) d. Severine Bremond/Nathalie Dechy (FRA) 64 64
USA defeated ARGENTINA 3-2
Venue: Surprise Tennis & Racquet Complex, Surprise, AZ, USA (hard – outdoors)
Jill Craybas (USA) d. Betina Jozami (ARG) 62 61
Gisela Dulko (ARG) d. Melanie Oudin (USA) 62 75
Gisela Dulko (ARG) d. Jill Craybas (USA) 61 63
Melanie Oudin (USA) d. Betina Jozami (ARG) 26 61 62
Julie Ditty/Liezel Huber (USA) d. Gisela Dulko/Betina Jozami (ARG) 62 63
CZECH REPUBLIC defeated SPAIN 4-1
Venue: Brno Exhibition Centre, Brno, CZE (carpet – indoors)
Petra Kvitova (CZE) d. Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 64 64
Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) d. Iveta Benesova (CZE) 16 61 64
Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 64 63
Petra Kvitova (CZE) d. Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) 64 75
Iveta Benesova/Kveta Peschke (CZE) d. Lourdes Dominguez-Lino/Maria-Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) 64 62
WORLD GROUP II FIRST ROUND
SLOVAK REPUBLIC defeated BELGIUM 4-1
Venue: Sibamac Arena, Bratislava, SVK (hard – indoors)
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 76(4) 61
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 76(3) 63
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 60 63
Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) d. Lenka Wienerova (SVK) 63 46 60
Magdalena Rybarikova/Lenka Wienerova (SVK) d. Tamaryn Hendler/Sofie Oyen (BEL) 64 64
GERMANY defeated SWITZERLAND 3-2
Venue: Saalsporthalle, Zurich, SUI (hard – indoors)
Patty Schnyder (SUI) d. Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) 76(0) 63
Sabine Lisicki (GER) d. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 60 64
Patty Schnyder (SUI) d. Sabine Lisicki (GER) 67(4) 75 61
Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) d. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 63 61
Anna-Lena Groenefeld/Tatjana Malek (GER) d. Patty Schnyder/Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 64 63
SERBIA defeated JAPAN 4-1
Venue: Belgrade Arena, Belgrade, SRB (hard – indoors)
Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 64 64
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Ayumi Morita (JPN) 61 60
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 63 62
Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. Ayumi Morita (JPN) 61 62
Rika Fujiwara/Aiko Nakamura (JPN) d. Jelena Jankovic/Ana Jovanovic (SRB) 36 75 ret.
UKRAINE defeated ISRAEL 3-2
Venue: Palace of Sports “Lokomotiv”, Kharkiv, UKR (hard – indoors)
Alona Bondarenko (UKR) d. Tzipi Obziler (ISR) 64 64
Shahar Peer (ISR) d. Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 63 67(6) 63
Shahar Peer (ISR) d. Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 46 75 64
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) d. Tzipi Obziler (ISR) 61 46 60
Alona Bondarenko/ Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) d. Tzipi Obziler/Shahar Peer (ISR) 63 62
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