Many of the biggest stars on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour will compete for their countries in the next round of the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas.
Jelena Jankovic, Ana Ivanovic, Vera Zvonareva, Liezel Huber, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Daniela Hantuchova, Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko, Rennae Stubbs, Dominika Cibulkova, Shahar Peer, Na Li, Amelie Mauresmo, Samantha Stosur, Agnieszka and Urzsula Radwanska, Nadia Petrova and Jelena Dokic are among the players expected to compete in the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Semifinals, World Group Play-offs and World Group II Play-offs on April 25-26.
Russia, Italy, Czech Republic and the United States will compete for berths in the World Group Final round.
Live scoring, news, interviews and photos for all World Group Semifinals and World Group Play-off ties will be available on www.fedcup.com throughout the weekend, and Fed Cup Radio will also be back on air with all the latest from around the world.
WORLD GROUP SEMIFINALS
ITALY v RUSSIA
Venue: Nova Yardinia, Castellaneta Marina, ITA (clay – outdoors)
Italy
Flavia Pennetta
Francesca Schiavone
Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci
Captain: Corrado Barazzutti
Russia
Vera Zvonareva
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Nadia Petrova
Anna Chakvetadze
Captain: Shamil Tarpischev
CZECH REPUBLIC v USA
Venue: Starobrno Rondo Arena, Brno, CZE (Carpet – indoors)
Czech Republic
Iveta Benesova
Petra Kvitova
Lucie Safarova
Kveta Peschke
Captain: Petr Pala
USA
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Liezel Huber
Melanie Oudin
Alexa Glatch
Captain: Mary-Joe Fernandez
WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS
SPAIN v SERBIA
Venue: Club de Tennis Lleida, Lleida, ESP (clay – outoors)
Spain
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Maria-Jose Martinez Sanchez
Lourdes Dominguez-Lino
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Captain: Miguel Margets
Serbia
Jelena Jankovic
Ana Ivanovic
Ana Jovanovic
Alexandra Krunic
Captain: Dejan Vranes
FRANCE v SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Venue: Palais des Sports Beaublanc, Limoges, FRA (clay – indoors)
France
Alize Cornet
Amelie Mauresmo
Nathalie Dechy
Mathilde Johansson
Captain: Nicolas Escude
Slovak Republic
Dominika Cibulkova
Daniela Hantuchova
Magdalena Rybarikova
Lenka Wienerova
Captain: Matej Liptak
GERMANY v CHINA, P.R.
Venue: Frankfurter TC 1914 Palmengarten, Frankfurt, GER (clay – outdoors)
Germany
Sabine Lisicki
Anna-Lena Groenefeld
Kristina Barrois
Tatjana Malek
Captain: Barbara Rittner
China, P.R.
Jie Zheng
Na Li
Jing-Jing Lu
Tian-Tian Sun
Captain: Qi Zhang
ARGENTINA v UKRAINE
Venue: Club Nautico Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, ARG (clay – outdoors)
Argentina
Betina Jozami
Jorgelina Cravero
Aranza Salut
Paula Ormaechea
Captain: Ricardo Rivera
Ukraine
Alona Bondarenko
Kateryna Bondarenko
Mariya Koryttseva
Olga Savchuk
Captain: Volodymyr Bogdanov
WORLD GROUP II PLAY-OFFS
BELGIUM v CANADA
Venue: Grenslandhallen – Ethias Arena, Hasselt, BEL (clay – indoors)
Belgium
Yanina Wickmayer
Kirsten Flipkens
Tamaryn Hendler
An-Sophie Mestach
Captain: Sabine Appelmans
Canada
Aleksandra Wozniak
Stephanie Dubois
Sharon Fichman
Valerie Tetreault
Captain: Rene Collins
ESTONIA v ISRAEL
Venue: Tondi Tennis Club, Tallinn, EST (hard – indoors)
Estonia
Kaia Kanepi
Maret Ani
Margit Ruutel
Anett Schutting
Captain: Rene Busch
Israel
Shahar Peer
Tzipora Obziler
Julia Glushko
Keren Shlomo
Captain: Lior Mor
POLAND v JAPAN
Venue: Tenisowy Klub Sportowy Arka, Gdynia, POL (clay – outdoors)
Poland
Agnieszka Radwanska
Urzsula Radwanska
Alicja Rosolska
Klaudia Jans
Captain: Tomasz Wiktorowski
Japan
Ai Sugiyama
Ayumi Morita
Rika Fujiwara
Akiko Morigami
Captain: Takeshi Murakami
AUSTRALIA v SWITZERLAND
Venue: Mildura Lawn Tennis Club, Mildura, AUS (grass – outdoors)
Australia
Samantha Stosur
Jelena Dokic
Jessica Moore
Rennae Stubbs
Captain: David Taylor
Switzerland
Stefanie Voegele
Nicole Riner
Mateja Kraljevic
Captain: Christiane Jolissaint
