The ITF has announced the team nominations for the 2011 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group and World Group II first round ties to be played on 5-6 February.
Live scoring for all World Group and World Group II ties will be available on the Fed Cup website www.fedcup.com throughout the weekend.
In addition to live scoring from the World Group and World Group II ties, both www.fedcup.com and www.fedcup.com/es will feature reports, photographs, audio interviews and full results from all the ties and Zonal Group events. There is also the Fed Cup Radio audio service.
Zonal events taking place the week of 31 January are Europe/Africa Zone Group I in Eilat, Israel; Asia/Oceania Groups I and II in Nonthaburi, Thailand; and Americas Zone Group I in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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 FIRST ROUND
AUSTRALIA v ITALY
Venue: Domain Tennis Centre, Hobart, AUS (hard – outdoors)
Australia
Samantha Stosur
Jarmila Groth
Anastasia Rodionova
Rennae Stubbs
Captain: David Taylor
Italy
Francesca Schiavone
Flavia Pennetta
Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci
Captain: Corrado Barazzutti
RUSSIA v FRANCE
Venue: Olympic Stadium, Moscow, RUS (hard – indoors)
Russia
Maria Sharapova
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Dinara Safina
Captain: Shamil Tarpischev
France
Alize Cornet
Virginie Razzano
Pauline Parmentier
Julie Coin
Captain: Nicolas Escude
SLOVAK REPUBLIC v CZECH REPUBLIC
Venue: Sibamac Arena, Bratislava, SVK (hard – indoors)
Slovak Republic
Daniela Hantuchova
Dominika Cibulkova
Magdalena Rybarikova
Jana Cepelova
Captain: Matej Liptak
Czech Republic
Petra Kvitova
Lucie Safarova
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova
Kveta Peschke
Captain: Petr Pala
BELGIUM v USA
Venue: Sportpaleis Antwerp, Antwerp, BEL (hard – indoors)
Belgium
Kim Clijsters
Yanina Wickmayer
Kirsten Flipkens
Captain: Sabine Appelmans
USA
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Melanie Oudin
Vania King
Liezel Huber
Captain: Mary Joe Fernandez
WORLD GROUP II FIRST ROUND
ESTONIA v SPAIN
Tere Tennis Club, Tallinn, EST (hard – indoors)
Estonia
Kaia Kanepi
Maret Ani
Margit Ruutel
Anett Kontaveit
Captain: Andrei Luzgin
Spain
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
Carla Suarez Navarro
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Captain: Miguel Margets
SLOVENIA v GERMANY
Venue: Ljudski vrt Sports Hall, Maribor, SLO (clay – indoors)
Slovenia
Polona Hercog
Masa Zec-Peskiric
Katarina Srebotnik
Tjasa Srimpf
Captain: Iztok Bozic
Germany
Andrea Petkovic
Julia Goerges
Tatjana Malek
Anna-Lena Groenefeld
Captain: Barbara Rittner
SERBIA v CANADA
Venue: Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad, SRB (hard – indoors)
Serbia
Bojana Jovanovski
Ana Jovanovic
Alexsandra Krunic
Tamara Curovic
Captain: Dejan Vranes
Canada
Rebecca Marino
Aleksandra Wozniak
Stephanie Dubois
Marie-Eve Pelletier
Captain: Sylvain Bruneau
SWEDEN v UKRAINE
Venue: Idrottens Hus, Helsingborg, SWE (hard – indoors)
Sweden
Sofia Arvidsson
Johanna Larsson
Anna Brazhnikova
Sandra Roma
Captain: Maria Strandlund Tomsvik
Ukraine
Kateryna Bondarenko
Olga Savchuk
Lesia Tsurenko
Yuliya Beygelzimer
Captain: Igor Dernovskyi
