Live scoring for the World Group semifinals, and World Group and World Group II play-off ties will be available on the Fed Cup website www.fedcup.com throughout the weekend.
In addition to live scoring, for the first time both www.fedcup.com and www.fedcup.com/es will feature reports, photographs and audio interviews from all the ties. There is also the Fed Cup Radio audio service.
Fed Cup by BNP Paribas is the largest annual international team competition in women’s sport, with 90 nations entered in 2011. The event was established in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the ITF. The title sponsor is BNP Paribas, the Official Bank of Fed Cup. Adecco (Official HR Partner) and BoscoSport (Official Clothing Sponsor) are international sponsors, and Wilson Sporting Goods (Official Ball) is an international partner.
WORLD GROUP SEMIFINALS
RUSSIA v ITALY
Venue: Sports Palace Megasport, Moscow , RUS (hard – indoors)
Russia
Vera Zvonareva
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Ekaterina Makarova
Captain: Shamil Tarpischev
Italy
Roberta Vinci
Sara Errani
Alberta Brianti
Maria Elena Camerin
Captain Corrado Barazzutti
BELGIUM v CZECH REPUBLIC
Venue: Spiroudome, Charleroi , BEL (hard – indoors)
Belgium
Yanina Wickmayer
Kirsten Flipkens
An-Sophie Mestach
Alison van Uytvanck
Captain: Sabine Appelmans
Czech Republic
Petra Kvitova
Lucie Safarova
Iveta Benesova
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova
Captain: Petr Pala
WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS
GERMANY v USA
Venue: Porsche Arena, Stuttgart , GER (clay – indoors)
Germany
Andrea Petkovic
Julia Goerges
Sabine Lisicki
Anna-Lena Groenefeld
Captain: Barbara Rittner
USA
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Melanie Oudin
Christina McHale
Liezel Huber
Captain: Mary Joe Fernandez
SPAIN v FRANCE
Venue: Club de Tennis Lleida, Lleida, ESP (clay – outdoors)
Spain
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
Lourdes Dominguez-Lino
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Captain: Miguel Margets
France
Aravane Rezai
Alize Cornet
Mathilde Johansson
Virginie Razzano
Captain: Nicolas Escude
SLOVAK REPUBLIC v SERBIA
Venue: Sibamac Arena, Bratislava , SVK (clay – indoors)
Slovak Republic
Dominika Cibulkova
Daniela Hantuchova
Magdalena Rybarikova
Jana Cepelova
Captain: Matej Liptak
Serbia
Jelena Jankovic
Ana Ivanovic
Bojana Jovanovski
Aleksandra Krunic
Captain: Dejan Vranes
AUSTRALIA v UKRAINE
Venue: Glen Iris Valley Recreation Club, Melbourne, AUS (clay – outdoors)
Australia
Jarmila Groth
Jelena Dokic
Anastasia Rodionova
Sophie Ferguson
Captain: David Taylor
Ukraine
Lesia Tsurenko
Olga Savchuk
Yuliya Beygelzimer
Viktoria Kutuzova
Captain: Volodymyr Bogdanov
WORLD GROUP II PLAY-OFFS
BELARUS v ESTONIA
Venue: Palace of Sports , Minsk , BLR (hard – indoors)
Belarus
Victoria Azarenka
Olga Govortsova
Darya Kustova
Tatiana Poutchek
Captain: Sergei Teterin
Estonia
Kaia Kanepi
Margit Ruutel
Maret Ani
Anett Kontaveit
Captain: Andrei Luzgin
SLOVENIA v CANADA
Venue: Teniski Klub Koper, Koper, SLO (clay – outdoors)
Slovenia
Polona Hercog
Masa Zec-Piskiric
Andreja Klepac
Katarina Srebotnik
Captain: Iztok Bozic
Canada
Rebecca Marino
Stephanie Dubois
Sharon Fichman
Eugenie Bouchard
Captain: Sylvain Bruneau
SWITZERLAND v SWEDEN
Venue: TC Lido Lugano, Lugano, SUI (clay – outdoors)
Switzerland
Patty Schnyder
Timea Bacsinszky
Stefanie Voegele
Amra Sadikovic
Captain: Christiane Jolissaint
Sweden
Johanna Larsson
Sofia Arvidsson
Anna Brazhnikova
Sandra Roma
Captain: Maria Strandlund Tomsvik
