Italy will host the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Final against USA on November 7-8.
WORLD GROUP SEMIFINALS
ITALY defeated RUSSIA 4-1
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
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 60 63
Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 76(7) 46 62
Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci (ITA) d. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova/Nadia Petrova (RUS) 16 63 64
USA defeated CZECH REPUBLIC 3-2
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
Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 63 61
Alexa Glatch (USA) d. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 62 61
Liezel Huber/Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) d. Iveta Benesova/Kveta Peschke (CZE) 26 76(2) 61
WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS
SERBIA defeated SPAIN 4-0
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
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 63 36 63
Ana Jovanovic (SRB) d. Maria-Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) 36 63 76(5)
Lourdes Dominguez-Lino/ Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) v Ana Jovanovic/Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) 62 10 abandoned due to rain
FRANCE defeated SLOVAK REPUBLIC 3-2
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
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Alize Cornet (FRA) 62 57 64
Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) d. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 75 64
Nathalie Dechy/Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) d. Dominika Cibulkova/Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 46 61 64
GERMANY defeated CHINA, P.R. 3-2
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
Jie Zheng (CHN) d. Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) 75 64
Shuai Peng (CHN) d. Tatjana Malek (GER) 62 26 75
Anna-Lena Groenefeld/Sabine Lisicki (GER) d. Shuai Peng/Jie Zheng (CHN) 46 75 62
UKRAINE defeated ARGENTINA 5-0
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
Alona Bondarenko (UKR) d. Jorgelina Cravero (ARG) 61 62
Olga Savchuk (UKR) d. Aranza Salut (ARG) 62 61
Mariya Koryttseva (UKR)/Olga Savchuk (UKR) d. Maria Irigoyen/Paula Ormaechea (ARG) 62 60
WORLD GROUP II PLAY-OFFS
BELGIUM defeated CANADA 3-2
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) d. Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 62 64
Stephanie Dubois (CAN) d. Tamaryn Hendler (BEL) 75 75
Kirsten Flipkens/Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. Stephanie Dubois/Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 61 63
ESTONIA defeated ISRAEL 3-2
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) d. Shahar Peer (ISR) 63 64
Tzipi Obziler (ISR) d. Maret Ani (EST) 46 76(5) 63
Maret Ani/Kaia Kanepi (EST) d. Tzipi Obziler/Shahar Peer (ISR) 16 64 86
POLAND defeated JAPAN 3-2
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) d. Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 76(5) 61
Ayumi Morita (JPN) d. Urszula Radwanska (POL) 62 64
Klaudia Jans/Alicja Rosolska (POL) d. Ayumi Morita/Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 16 63 63
AUSTRALIA defeated SWITZERLAND 3-1
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) d. Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 76(2) 57 63
Mateja Kraljevic (SUI) d. Jessica Moore (AUS) 57 64 64
Jelena Dokic/Rennae Stubbs (AUS) v Mateja Kraljevic/Amra Sadikovic (SUI) 63 14 abandoned due to bad light
Yuu-huu! Poland historic success! First time polish Fed Cup team advanced to the World Group II! I am so happy for them! More occassions for the players to play with world class competitors, gain experience, confidence and simply enjoy success! Go Poland!