Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Semifinals, World Group and World Group II Play-off Day One Results

WORLD GROUP SEMIFINALS

ITALY leads RUSSIA 2-0
Venue: Nova Yardinia, Castellaneta Marina, ITA (clay – outdoors)

Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 64 60
Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 16 62 63
Flavia Pennetta (ITA) v Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)
Francesca Schiavone (ITA) v Anna Chakvetadze (RUS)
Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci (ITA) v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova/Nadia Petrova (RUS)

CZECH REPUBLIC level with USA 1-1
Venue: Starobrno Rondo Arena, Brno, CZE (carpet – indoors)

Petra Kvitova (CZE) d. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 63 76(2)
Alexa Glatch (USA) d. Iveta Benesova (CZE) 61 62
Iveta Benesova (CZE) v Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)
Petra Kvitova (CZE) v Alexa Glatch (USA)
Iveta Benesova/Kveta Peschke (CZE) v Liezel Huber/Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)

WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS

SERBIA leads SPAIN 2-0
Venue: Club de Tennis Lleida, Lleida, ESP (clay – outoors)
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Maria-Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) 63 64
Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 36 61 62
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) v Jelena Jankovic (SRB)
Maria-Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) v Ana Ivanovic (SRB)
Lourdes Dominguez-Lino/ Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) v Ana Ivanovic/Jelena Jankovic (SRB)

FRANCE level with SLOVAK REPUBLIC 1-1
Venue: Palais des Sports Beaublanc, Limoges, FRA (clay – indoors)

Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. Alize Cornet (FRA) 67(2) 63 64
Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) d. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 46 62 63
Alize Cornet (FRA) v Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)
Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) v Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)
Nathalie Dechy/Mathilde Johansson (FRA) v Dominika Cibulkova/Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)

GERMANY leads CHINA, P.R. 2-0
Venue: Frankfurter TC 1914 Palmengarten, Frankfurt, GER (clay – outdoors)

Sabine Lisicki (GER) d. Jie Zheng (CHN) 64 26 64
Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) d. Shuai Peng (CHN) 46 64 62
Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) v Jie Zheng (CHN)
Sabine Lisicki (GER) v Shuai Peng (CHN)
Kristina Barrois/Tatjana Malek (GER) v Jing-Jing Lu/Tian-Tian Sun (CHN)

UKRAINE leads ARGENTINA 2-0
Venue: Club Nautico, Mar del Plata, ARG (clay – outdoors)

Mariya Koryttseva (UKR) d. Jorgelina Cravero (ARG) 46 75 62
Alona Bondarenko (UKR) d. Maria Irigoyen (ARG) 63 63
Jorgelina Cravero (ARG) v Alona Bondarenko (UKR)
Maria Irigoyen (ARG) v Mariya Koryttseva (UKR)
Paula Ormaechea/Aranza Salut (ARG) v Kateryna Bondarenko/ Olga Savchuk (UKR)

WORLD GROUP II PLAY-OFFS

BELGIUM level with CANADA 1-1
Venue: Grenslandhallen – Ethias Arena, Hasselt, BEL (clay – indoors)

Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) d. Tamaryn Hendler (BEL) 46 75 62
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. Stephanie Dubois (CAN) 61 63
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) v Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN)
Tamaryn Hendler (BEL) v Stephanie Dubois (CAN)
Kirsten Flipkens/An-Sophie Mestach (BEL) v Sharon Fichman/Valerie Tetreault (CAN)

ESTONIA level with ISRAEL 1-1
Venue: Tondi Tennis Club, Tallinn, EST (hard – indoors)

Kaia Kanepi (EST) d. Tzipi Obziler (ISR) 61 63
Shahar Peer (ISR) d. Maret Ani (EST) 61 60
Kaia Kanepi (EST) v Shahar Peer (ISR)
Maret Ani (EST) v Tzipi Obziler (ISR)
Maret Ani/Kaia Kanepi (EST) v Julia Glushko/Shahar Peer (ISR)

POLAND level with JAPAN 1-1
Venue: Tenisowy Klub Sportowy Arka, Gdynia, POL (clay – outdoors)

Ai Sugiyama (JPN) d. Urszula Radwanska (POL) 63 61
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Akiko Morigami (JPN) 62 61
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) v Ai Sugiyama (JPN)
Urszula Radwanska (POL) v Akiko Morigami (JPN)
Klaudia Jans/Alicja Rosolska (POL) v Rika Fujiwara/Ayumi Morita (JPN)

AUSTRALIA leads SWITZERLAND 2-0
Venue: Mildura Lawn Tennis Club, Mildura, AUS (grass – outdoors)

Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Amra Sadikovic (SUI) 61 62
Jelena Dokic (AUS) d. Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 76(1) 64
Samantha Stosur (AUS) v Stefanie Voegele (SUI)
Jelena Dokic (AUS) v Amra Sadikovic (SUI)
Samantha Stosur/Rennae Stubbs (AUS) v Mateja Kraljevic/Stefanie Voegele (SUI)

Live scoring for the World Group semifinals and World Group play-off ties will be available on the Fed Cup website www.fedcup.com throughout the weekend.