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Fed Cup Results for April 20, 2013

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(April 20, 2013) The latest results from the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group semifinals, World Group play-offs and World Group II play-offs taking place on 20-21 April.

 

The Europe/Africa Zone Group II event finished in Ulcinj, Montenegro on Saturday, with Latvia and Tunisia winning promotion to 2014 Europe/Africa Zone Group I, and Estonia and Greece suffering relegation to 2014 Europe/Africa Zone Group III.

 

The winner of the Italy v Czech Republic semifinal will host the final on 2-3 November. The four winners of the World Group play-offs will qualify for the 2014 World Group, while the four losers will contest the 2014 World Group II. The four winners of the World Group II play-offs will qualify for 2014 World Group II, while the four losers will contest their respective Zone Group I event in 2014.

 

The Draw for the 2014 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas will be held during the 2013 ITF AGM in Paris on Wednesday 10 July.

 

WORLD GROUP SEMIFINALS

 

ITALY leads CZECH REPUBLIC 2-0

Venue: Circolo del Tennis Palermo, Palermo, ITA (clay – outdoors)

 

Sara Errani (ITA) d. Lucie Safarova (CZE) 64 62

Roberta Vinci (ITA) d. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 64 61

Sara Errani (ITA) v Petra Kvitova (CZE)

Roberta Vinci (ITA) v Lucie Safarova (CZE)

Flavia Pennetta/Francesca Schiavone (ITA) v Andrea Hlavackova/Lucie Hradecka (CZE)

 

SLOVAK REPUBLIC leads RUSSIA 2-0

Venue: Sports Center Krylatskoye, Moscow, RUS (clay – indoors)

 

Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 57 61 64
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 62 64
Maria Kirilenko (RUS v Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) v Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)
Ekaterina Makarova/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) v Jana Cepelova/ Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK)

 

WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS

 

GERMANY level with SERBIA 1-1

Venue: Porsche-Arena, Stuttgart, GER (clay – indoors)

 

Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. Mona Barthel (GER) 76(5) 26 62
Angelique Kerber (GER) d. Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) 75 62
Angelique Kerber (GER) v Ana Ivanovic (SRB)
Mona Barthel (GER) v Bojana Jovanovski (SRB)

Anna-Lena Groenefeld/Sabine Lisicki (GER) v Vesna Dolonc/Aleksandra Krunic (SRB)

 

SWITZERLAND v AUSTRALIA no play due to rain (tie to resume at 07:30 GMT on Sunday)

Venue: Tennis Club Chiasso, Chiasso-Seseglio, SUI (clay – outdoors)

 

Stefanie Voegele (SUI) v Samantha Stosur (AUS)
Romina Oprandi (SUI) v Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS)

Romina Oprandi (SUI) v Samantha Stosur (AUS)

Stefanie Voegele (SUI) v Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS)

Timea Bacsinszky/Amra Sadikovic (SUI) v Ashleigh Barty/Casey Dellacqua (AUS)

SPAIN leads JAPAN 2-0

Venue: Real Club de Polo, Barcelona, ESP (clay – outdoors)

 

Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) d. Misaki Doi (JPN) 63 64
Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) d. Ayumi Morita (JPN) 62 63

Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) v Ayumi Morita (JPN)

Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) v Misaki Doi (JPN)

Lourdes Dominguez Lino/Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) v Shuko Aoyama/Ayumi Morita (JPN)

 

USA level with SWEDEN 1-1

Venue: Delray Beach Tennis Center, Delray Beach, USA (hard – outdoors)

 

Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) d. Sloane Stephens (USA) 64 46 61

Serena Williams (USA) d. Johanna Larsson (SWE) 62 62

Serena Williams (USA) v Sofia Arvidsson (SWE)

Sloane Stephens (USA) v Johanna Larsson (SWE)
Varvara Lepchenko/Venus Williams (USA) v Sofia Arvidsson/Johanna Larsson (SWE)

 

WORLD GROUP II PLAY-OFFS

 

BELGIUM level with POLAND 1-1

Venue: Tennisclub Koksijde, Koksijde, BEL (hard – indoors)

Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Alison van Uytvanck (BEL) 62 64

Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) d. Urszula Radwanska (POL) 64 63

Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) v Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)

Alison van Uytvanck (BEL) v Urszula Radwanska (POL)

Ysaline Bonaventure/An-Sophie Mestach (BEL) v Alicja Rosolska/ Katarzyna Piter (POL)

 

FRANCE level with KAZAKHSTAN 1-1

Venue: Palais des Sports de Besancon, Besancon, FRA (hard – indoors)

 

Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) 60 63

Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) d. Alize Cornet (FRA) 26 63 62
Marion Bartoli (FRA) v Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)

Alize Cornet (FRA) v Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ)

Alize Cornet/Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) v Yaroslava Shvedova/Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ)

 

ARGENTINA level with GREAT BRITAIN 1-1

Venue: Parque Roca, Buenos Aires, ARG (clay – outdoors)

 

Paula Ormaechea (ARG) d. Johanna Konta (GBR) 63 62
Laura Robson (GBR) d. Florencia Molinero (ARG) 61 61

Paula Ormaechea (ARG) v Laura Robson (GBR)

Florencia Molinero (ARG) v Johanna Konta (GBR)

Mailen Auroux/Maria Irigoyen (ARG) v Anne Keothavong/Laura Robson (GBR)

 

UKRAINE level with CANADA 1-1

Venue: Sport Club Meridian, Kiev, UKR (clay – indoors)

 

Elina Svitolina (UKR) d. Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 67(8) 63 62
Sharon Fichman (CAN) d. Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 76(5) 26 63
Lesia Tsurenko (UKR v Eugenie Bouchard (CAN)

Elina Svitolina (UKR) v Sharon Fichman (CAN)

Yuliya Beygelzimer/Kateryna Kozlova (UKR) v Gabriela Dabrowski/ Sharon Fichman (CAN)

 

EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP II, ULCINJ, MONTENEGRO, 17-20 APRIL

 

Promoted: Latvia and Tunisia

Relegated: Estonia and Greece

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Draws Announced for Fed Cup Play-Offs

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(February 13, 2013) The ITF has announced the draws for the 2013 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group and World Group II play-offs on 20-21 April:

 

WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS

 

Germany (c) (*) v Serbia (s)

Australia (s) (c) v Switzerland

Spain (c) (*) v Japan (s)

USA (s) (c) (*) v Sweden

 

WORLD GROUP II PLAY-OFFS

 

Belgium (s) (c) v Poland

France (s) (c) (*) v Kazakhstan

Argentina (c) (*) v Great Britain (s)

Ukraine (s) (c) (*) v Canada

 

(s) = seed

(c) = choice of ground

(*) = choice of ground decided by lot

 

 

The 2013 World Group and World Group II play-offs will take place alongside the World Group semifinals on 20-21 April. In the semifinals, Italy will be at home to Czech Republic, and Russia will be at home to Slovak Republic.

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Seeds Announced for Fed Cup World Group and World Group II Play-off Draw

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(February 11, 2013) The ITF has announced the seeds for the Draw for the 2013 Fed Cup World Group and World Group II play-offs. The Draw will take place on Wednesday 13 February at the ITF offices in London at 10:00 GMT.

 

The seeds are based on the new ITF Fed Cup Nations Ranking of 11 February: www.fedcup.com/en/rankings

 

The four seeded nations in the World Group play-offs are:

 

Serbia (1)

USA (2)

Australia (3)

Japan (4)

 

Each of the seeds will be drawn against one of the following unseeded nations:

 

Germany

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

 

The four seeded nations in the World Group II play-offs are:

 

Belgium (1)

Ukraine (2)

France (3)

Great Britain (4)

 

Each of the seeds will be drawn against one of the following unseeded nations:

 

Argentina

Canada

Kazakhstan

Poland

 

 

 

The 2013 World Group and World Group II play-offs will take place alongside the World Group semifinals on 20-21 April. In the semifinals, Russia will be at home to Slovak Republic, and Italy will be at home to Czech Republic.

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Djokovic, Azarenka Top Seeds for 2013 Australian Open


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(January 7, 2013) The seeds are set for for the first major tournament of the year, the 2013 Australian Open. World No.1 and defending men’s singles champion Novak Djokovic will enter the tournament as the No. 1 men’s seed, while fellow world No. 1 and defending women’s singles champion Victoria Azarenka will start her campaign for back-to-back titles as top seed in the women’s draw.

The seeds for Australian Open 2013 are as follows:

Men’s seeds

1 Novak Djokovic (SRB)

2 Roger Federer (SUI)

3 Andy Murray (GBR)

4 David Ferrer (ESP)

5 Tomas Berdych (CZE)

6 Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)

7 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)

8 Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)

9 Richard Gasquet (FRA)

10 Nicolas Almagro (ESP)

11 Juan Monaco (ARG)

12 John Isner (USA)

13 Marin Cilic (CRO)

14 Milos Raonic (CAN)

15 Gilles Simon (FRA)

16 Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)

17 Kei Nishikori (JPN)

18 Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)

19 Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR)

20 Tommy Haas (GER)

21 Sam Querrey (USA)

22 Andreas Seppi (ITA)

23 Fernando Verdasco (ESP)

24 Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)

25 Jerzy Janowicz (POL)

26 Florian Mayer (GER)

27 Jurgen Melzer (AUT)

28 Martin Klizan (SVK)

29 Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)

30 Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)

31 Radek Stepanek (CZE)

32 Marcel Granollers (ESP)

Women’s seeds

1 Victoria Azarenka (BLR)

2 Maria Sharapova (RUS)

3 Serena Williams (USA)

4 Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)

5 Angelique Kerber (GER)

6 Li Na (CHN)

7 Sara Errani (ITA)

8 Petra Kvitova (CZE)

9 Samantha Stosur (AUS)

10 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)

11 Marion Bartoli (FRA)

12 Nadia Petrova (RUS)

13 Ana Ivanovic (SRB)

14 Maria Kirilenko (RUS)

15 Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)

16 Roberta Vinci (ITA)

17 Lucie Safarova (CZE)

18 Julia Goerges (GER)

19 Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)

20 Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)

21 Varvara Lepchenko (USA)

22 Jelena Jankovic (SRB)

23 Klara Zakopalova (CZE)

24 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)

25 Venus Williams (USA)

26 Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)

27 Sorana Cirstea (ROU)

28 Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)

29 Sloane Stephens (USA)

30 Tamira Paszek (AUT)

31 Urszula Radwanska (POL)

32 Mona Barthel (GER)
The official draw for Australian Open 2013 will take place at Crown Riverside, directly opposite Melbourne Aquarium, at 10.00am on Friday, January 11.

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Monfils Withdraws from Wimbledon

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Wimbledon announced the latest withdrawals on Wednesday. Gael Monfils of France and Michaella Krajicek of the Netherlands have pulled out of the tournament.

World No. 15 Monfils, who missed the French Open is out with a knee injury while Krajicek has withdrawn due to a viral illness.

World No. 1s Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharpaova head the list of Wimbledon seeds announced earlier. The Championships, Wimbledon begin on Monday.

 

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Wimbledon Announces Seeds for 2012

 

The seeds for Wimbledon we announced on Wednesday. They were calculated in the following manner:

Men

The seeds are the top 32 players on the ATP Entry System Position (ESP), BUT then rearranged on a surface-based system. Since 2002 a seeding committee has not been required for the Gentlemen’s Singles following an agreement made with the ATP. The seeding order is determined using an objective and transparent system to reflect more accurately an individual player’s grass court achievements: The formula is:

  • ·      Take ESP points at 18 June 2012
  • ·      Add 100% points earned for all grass court tournaments in the past 12 months
  • ·      Add 75% points earned for the best grass court tournament in the 12 months before that.

Ladies

The seeding order follows the WTA ranking list, except where in the opinion of the committee, a change is necessary to produce a balanced draw.

 

LADIES’ SINGLES
1. Maria SHARAPOVA (RUS) [1]
2. Victoria AZARENKA (BLR) [2]
3. Agnieszka RADWANSKA (POL) [3]
4. Petra KVITOVA (CZE) [4]
5. Samantha STOSUR (AUS) [5]
6. Serena WILLIAMS (USA) [6]
7. Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [7]
8. Angelique KERBER (GER) [8]
9. Marion BARTOLI (FRA) [9]
10. Sara ERRANI (ITA) [10]
11. Na LI (CHN) [11]
12. Vera ZVONAREVA (RUS) [12]
13. Dominika CIBULKOVA (SVK) [13]
14. Ana IVANOVIC (SRB) [14]
15. Sabine LISICKI (GER) [15]
16. Flavia PENNETTA (ITA) [16]
17. Maria KIRILENKO (RUS) [17]
18. Jelena JANKOVIC (SRB) [18]
19. Lucie SAFAROVA (CZE) [19]
20. Nadia PETROVA (RUS) [20]
21. Roberta VINCI (ITA) [21]
22. Julia GOERGES (GER) [22]
23. Petra CETKOVSKA (CZE) [23]
24. Francesca SCHIAVONE (ITA) [24]
25. Jie ZHENG (CHN) [25]
26. Anabel MEDINA GARRIGUES (ESP) [26]
27. Daniela HANTUCHOVA (SVK) [27]
28. Christina MCHALE (USA) [28]
29. Monica NICULESCU (ROU) [29]
30. Shuai PENG (CHN) [30]
31. Anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS) [31]
32. Svetlana KUZNETSOVA (RUS) [32]

GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES
1. Novak DJOKOVIC (SRB) [1]
2. Rafael NADAL (ESP) [2]
3. Roger FEDERER (SUI) [3]
4. Andy MURRAY (GBR) [4]
5. Jo-Wilfried TSONGA (FRA) [5]
6. Tomas BERDYCH (CZE) [6]
7. David FERRER (ESP) [7]
8. Janko TIPSAREVIC (SRB) [8]
9. Juan Martin DEL POTRO (ARG) [9]
10. Mardy FISH (USA) [10]
11. John ISNER (USA) [11]
12. Nicolas ALMAGRO (ESP) [12]
13. Gilles SIMON (FRA) [13]
14. Feliciano LOPEZ (ESP) [14]
15. Juan MONACO (ARG) [15]
16. Marin CILIC (CRO) [16]
17. Fernando VERDASCO (ESP) [17]
18. Richard GASQUET (FRA) [18]
19. Kei NISHIKORI (JPN) [19]
20. Bernard TOMIC (AUS) [20]
21. Milos RAONIC (CAN) [21]
22. Alexandr DOLGOPOLOV (UKR) [22]
23. Andreas SEPPI (ITA) [23]
24. Marcel GRANOLLERS (ESP) [24]
25. Stanislas WAWRINKA (SUI) [25]
26. Mikhail YOUZHNY (RUS) [26]
27. Philipp KOHLSCHREIBER (GER) [27]
28. Radek STEPANEK (CZE) [28]
29. Julien BENNETEAU (FRA) [29]
30. Andy RODDICK (USA) [30]
31. Florian MAYER (GER) [31]
32. Kevin ANDERSON (RSA) [32]

GENTLEMEN’S DOUBLES
1. Max MIRNYI (BLR) & Daniel NESTOR (CAN) [1]
2. Bob BRYAN (USA) & Mike BRYAN (USA) [2]
3. Mariusz FYRSTENBERG (POL) & Marcin MATKOWSKI (POL) [3]
4. Leander PAES (IND) & Radek STEPANEK (CZE) [4]
5. Robert LINDSTEDT (SWE) & Horia TECAU (ROU) [5]
6. Alexander PEYA (AUT) & Nenad ZIMONJIC (SRB) [6]
7. Mahesh BHUPATHI (IND) & Rohan BOPANNA (IND) [7]
8. Aisam-Ul-Haq QURESHI (PAK) & Jean-Julien ROJER (NED) [8]
9. Marcel GRANOLLERS (ESP) & Marc LOPEZ (ESP) [9]
10. Jurgen MELZER (AUT) & Philipp PETZSCHNER (GER) [10]
11. Frantisek CERMAK (CZE) & Filip POLASEK (SVK) [11]
12. Santiago GONZALEZ (MEX) & Christopher KAS (GER) [12]
13. Colin FLEMING (GBR) & Ross HUTCHINS (GBR) [13]
14. Eric BUTORAC (USA) & Jamie MURRAY (GBR) [14]
15. Ivan DODIG (CRO) & Marcelo MELO (BRA) [15]
16. Andre SA (BRA) & Bruno SOARES (BRA) [16]

LADIES’ DOUBLES
1. Liezel HUBER (USA) & Lisa RAYMOND (USA) [1]
2. Sara ERRANI (ITA) & Roberta VINCI (ITA) [2]
3. Kveta PESCHKE (CZE) & Katarina SREBOTNIK (SLO) [3]
4. Maria KIRILENKO (RUS) & Nadia PETROVA (RUS) [4]
5. Ekaterina MAKAROVA (RUS) & Elena VESNINA (RUS) [5]
6. Andrea HLAVACKOVA (CZE) & Lucie HRADECKA (CZE) [6]
7. Yaroslava SHVEDOVA (KAZ) & Galina VOSKOBOEVA (KAZ) [7]
8. Iveta BENESOVA (CZE) & Barbora ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA (CZE) [8]
9. Nuria LLAGOSTERA VIVES (ESP) & Maria Jose MARTINEZ SANCHEZ (ESP) [9]
10.Raquel KOPS-JONES (USA) & Abigail SPEARS (USA) [10]
11.Natalie GRANDIN (RSA) & Vladimira UHLIROVA (CZE) [11]
12.Anabel MEDINA GARRIGUES (ESP) & Arantxa PARRA SANTONJA (ESP) [12]
13.Bethanie MATTEK-SANDS (USA) & Sania MIRZA (IND) [13]
14.Gisela DULKO (ARG) & Paola SUAREZ (ARG) [14]
15.Irina-Camelia BEGU (ROU) & Monica NICULESCU (ROU) [15]
16.Chia-Jung CHUANG (TPE) & Vera DUSHEVINA (RUS) [16]

 

 

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Seeds are Set for Australian Open 2012

The seeds have been announced  for Australian Open 2012 which runs from January 19-29. Heading up the men’s seeds is world No.1 and 2011 Australian Open Champion Novak Djokovic, while World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki is the top seed in the women’s draw.

The official draw for Australian Open 2012 will take place at Melbourne Park on Friday, January, 13 at 10.00 am Melbourne time. John McEnroe will be involved in the draw ceremony.

 

Men’s Seeds

1 Djokovic, Novak (SRB)

2 Nadal, Rafael (ESP)

3 Federer, Roger (SUI)

4 Murray, Andy (GBR)

5 Ferrer, David (ESP)

6 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried (FRA)

7 Berdych, Tomas (CZE)

8 Fish, Mardy (USA)

9 Tipsarevic, Janko (SRB)

10 Almagro, Nicolas (ESP)

11 Del Potro, Juan Martin(ARG)

12 Simon, Gilles (FRA)

13 Dolgopolov, Alexandr (UKR)

14 Monfils, Gael (FRA)

15 Roddick, Andy (USA)

16 Isner, John (USA)

17 Gasquet, Richard (FRA)

18 Lopez, Feliciano (ESP)

19 Troicki, Viktor (SRB)

20 Mayer, Florian (GER)

21 Wawrinka, Stanislas (SUI)

22 Verdasco, Fernando (ESP)

23 Raonic, Milos (CAN)

24 Nishikori, Kei (JPN)

25 Monaco, Juan (ARG)

26 Granollers, Marcel (ESP)

27 Chela, Juan Ignacio (ARG)

28 Ljubicic, Ivan (CRO)

29 Stepanek, Radek (CZE)

30 Anderson, Kevin (RSA)

31 Melzer, Jurgen (AUT)

32 Bogomolov Jr., Alex (RUS)

Women’s Seeds

1 Wozniacki, Caroline (DEN)

2 Kvitova, Petra (CZE)

3 Azarenka, Victoria (BLR)

4 Sharapova, Maria (RUS)

5 Li, Na (CHN)

6 Stosur, Samantha (AUS)

7 Zvonareva, Vera (RUS)

8 Radwanska, Agnieszka (POL)
9 Bartoli, Marion (FRA)

10 Petkovic, Andrea (GER)

11 Schiavone, Francesca (ITA)

12 Clijsters, Kim (BEL)

13 Williams, Serena (USA)

14 Jankovic, Jelena (SRB)

15 Lisicki, Sabine (GER)

16 Pavlyuchenkova, Anastasia (RUS)
17 Peng, Shuai (CHN)

18 Cibulkova, Dominika (SVK)

19 Kuznetsova, Svetlana (RUS)

20 Pennetta, Flavia (ITA)

21 Hantuchova, Daniela (SVK)

22 Ivanovic, Ana (SRB)

23 Goerges, Julia (GER)

24 Vinci, Roberta (ITA)

25 Safarova, Lucie (CZE)

26 Kanepi, Kaia (EST)

27 Medina Garrigues, Anabel (ESP)
28 Kirilenko, Maria (RUS)

29 Wickmayer, Yanina (BEL)

30 Petrova, Nadezda (RUS)

31 Kerber, Angelique (GER)

32 Niculescu, Monica (ROU)

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Wimbledon Seeds Announced

Wimbledon seeds were announced on Wednesday. The Gentlemen’s singles seeds are created with the use of a formula with an emphasis on ranking points and grass court tournaments over the past 12 months.

For the Ladies – the seeding order follows the WTA ranking list, except where in the opinion of the committee, a change is necessary to produce a balanced draw.

The only changes this year are Serena Williams and Venus Williams moving to 8 and 24 respectively.

Gentlemen’s Singles

1 Rafael NADAL (ESP) [1]

2 Novak DJOKOVIC (SRB) [2]

3 Roger FEDERER (SUI) [3]

4 Andy MURRAY (GBR) [4]

5 Robin SODERLING (SWE) [5]

6 Tomas BERDYCH (CZE) [6]

7 David FERRER (ESP) [7]

8 Andy RODDICK (USA) [8]

9 Gael MONFILS (FRA) [9]

10 Mardy FISH (USA) [10]

11 Jurgen MELZER (AUT) [11]

12 Jo-Wilfried TSONGA (FRA) [12]

13 Viktor TROICKI (SRB) [13]

14 Stanislas WAWRINKA (SUI) [14]

15 Gilles SIMON (FRA) [15]

16 Nicolas ALMAGRO (ESP) [16]

17 Richard GASQUET (FRA) [17]

18 Mikhail YOUZHNY (RUS) [18]

19 Michael LLODRA (FRA) [19]

20 Florian MAYER (GER) [20]

21 Fernando VERDASCO (ESP) [21]

22 Alexandr DOLGOPOLOV (UKR) [22]

23 Janko TIPSAREVIC (SRB) [23]

24 Juan Martin DEL POTRO (ARG) [24]

25 Juan Ignacio CHELA (ARG) [25]

26 Guillermo GARCIA-LOPEZ (ESP) [26]

27 Marin CILIC (CRO) [27]

28 David NALBANDIAN (ARG) [28]

29 Nikolay DAVYDENKO (RUS) [29]

30 Thomaz BELLUCCI (BRA) [30]

31 Milos RAONIC (CAN) [31]

32 Marcos BAGHDATIS (CYP) [32]

Gentlemen’s Doubles

1 Bob BRYAN (USA) & Mike BRYAN (USA) [1]

2 Max MIRNYI (BLR) & Daniel NESTOR (CAN) [2]

3 Mahesh BHUPATHI (IND) & Leander PAES (IND) [3]

4 Rohan BOPANNA (IND) & Aisam-Ul-Haq QURESHI (PAK) [4]

5 Jurgen MELZER (AUT) & Philipp PETZSCHNER (GER) [5]

6 Michael LLODRA (FRA) & Nenad ZIMONJIC (SRB) [6]

7 Mariusz FYRSTENBERG (POL) & Marcin MATKOWSKI (POL) [7]

8 Robert LINDSTEDT (SWE) & Horia TECAU (ROU) [8]

9 Eric BUTORAC (USA) & Jean-Julien ROJER (AHO) [9]

10 Mark KNOWLES (BAH) & Lukasz KUBOT (POL) [10]

11 Wesley MOODIE (RSA) & Dick NORMAN (BEL) [11]

12 Juan Ignacio CHELA (ARG) & Eduardo SCHWANK (ARG) [12]

13 Marcelo MELO (BRA) & Bruno SOARES (BRA) [13]

14 Marcel GRANOLLERS (ESP) & Tommy ROBREDO (ESP) [14]

15 Marc LOPEZ (ESP) & David MARRERO (ESP) [15]

16 Daniele BRACCIALI (ITA) & Frantisek CERMAK (CZE) [16]

 

Ladies’ Singles – Revised

1. Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [1]

2. Kim CLIJSTERS (BEL) [2] Withdrawn

2. Vera ZVONAREVA (RUS) [2]

3. Na LI (CHN) [3]

4. Victoria AZARENKA (BLR) [4]

5. Maria SHARAPOVA (RUS) [5]

6. Francesca SCHIAVONE (ITA) [6]

7. Serena WILLIAMS (USA) [7]

8. Petra KVITOVA (CZE) [8]

9. Marion BARTOLI (FRA) [9]

10. Samantha STOSUR (AUS) [10]

11. Andrea PETKOVIC (GER) [11]

12. Svetlana KUZNETSOVA (RUS) [12]

13. Agnieszka RADWANSKA (POL) [13]

14. Anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS) [14]

15. Jelena JANKOVIC (SRB) [15]

16. Julia GOERGES (GER) [16]

17. Kaia KANEPI (EST) [17]

18. Ana IVANOVIC (SRB) [18]

19. Yanina WICKMAYER (BEL) [19]

20. Shuai PENG (CHN) [20]

21. Flavia PENNETTA (ITA) [21]

22. Shahar PEER (ISR) [22]

23. Venus WILLIAMS (USA) [23]

24. Dominika CIBULKOVA (SVK) [24]

25. Daniela HANTUCHOVA (SVK) [25]

26. Maria KIRILENKO (RUS) [26]

27. Jarmila GAJDOSOVA (AUS) [27]

28. Ekaterina MAKAROVA (RUS) [28]

29. Roberta VINCI (ITA) [29]

30. Bethanie MATTEK-SANDS (USA) [30]

31. Lucie SAFAROVA (CZE) [31]

32. Tsvetana PIRONKOVA (BUL) [32]

Ladies’ Doubles

1 Vania KING (USA) & Yaroslava SHVEDOVA (KAZ) [1]

2 Kveta PESCHKE (CZE) & Katarina SREBOTNIK (SLO) [2]

3 Liezel HUBER (USA) & Lisa RAYMOND (USA) [3]

4 Sania MIRZA (IND) & Elena VESNINA (RUS) [4]

5 Bethanie MATTEK-SANDS (USA) & Meghann SHAUGHNESSY (USA) [5]

6 Nadia PETROVA (RUS) & Anastasia RODIONOVA (AUS) [6]

7 Andrea HLAVACKOVA (CZE) & Lucie HRADECKA (CZE) [7]

8 Shuai PENG (CHN) & Jie ZHENG (CHN) [8]

9 Julia GOERGES (GER) & Maria KIRILENKO (RUS) [9]

10 Iveta BENESOVA (CZE) & Barbora ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA (CZE) [10]

11 Maria Jose MARTINEZ SANCHEZ (ESP) & Anabel MEDINA GARRIGUES (ESP) [11]

12 Yung-Jan CHAN (TPE) & Monica NICULESCU (ROU) [12]

13 Daniela HANTUCHOVA (SVK) & Agnieszka RADWANSKA (POL) [13]

14 Cara BLACK (ZIM) & Shahar PEER (ISR) [14]

15 Chia-Jung CHUANG (TPE) & Su-Wei HSIEH (TPE) [15]

16 Olga GOVORTSOVA (BLR) & Alla KUDRYAVTSEVA (RUS) [16]

 

Qual. Gentlemen’s Singles

1 Lukas ROSOL (CZE) [1]

2 Lukasz KUBOT (POL) [2]

3 Rui MACHADO (POR) [3]

4 Thomas SCHOOREL (NED) [4]

5 Tatsuma ITO (JPN) [5]

6 Steve DARCIS (BEL) [6]

7 Dustin BROWN (GER) [7]

8 Marsel ILHAN (TUR) [8]

9 Flavio CIPOLLA (ITA) [9]

10 Stephane ROBERT (FRA) [10]

11 Paolo LORENZI (ITA) [11]

12 Marc GICQUEL (FRA) [12]

13 Simone BOLELLI (ITA) [13]

14 Ryan HARRISON (USA) [14]

15 Ivo MINAR (CZE) [15]

16 Go SOEDA (JPN) [16]

17 Karol BECK (SVK) [17]

18 Izak VAN DER MERWE (RSA) [18]

19 Daniel BRANDS (GER) [19]

20 Lukas LACKO (SVK) [20]

21 Rogerio DUTRA DA SILVA (BRA) [21]

22 Stephane BOHLI (SUI) [22]

23 Simon GREUL (GER) [23]

24 Bobby REYNOLDS (USA) [24]

25 Andreas BECK (GER) [25]

26 Martin KLIZAN (SVK) [26]

27 Martin FISCHER (AUT) [27]

28 Alexander KUDRYAVTSEV (RUS) [28]

29 Edouard ROGER-VASSELIN (FRA) [29]

30 Marinko MATOSEVIC (AUS) [30]

31 Alessio DI MAURO (ITA) [31]

32 Rik DE VOEST (RSA) [32]

 

Qual. Gentlemen’s Doubles

1 Michail ELGIN (RUS) & Alexander KUDRYAVTSEV (RUS) [1]

2 Sanchai RATIWATANA (THA) & Sonchat RATIWATANA (THA) [2]

3 Martin EMMRICH (GER) & Andreas SILJESTROM (SWE) [3]

4 Treat Conrad HUEY (PHI) & Izak VAN DER MERWE (RSA) [4]

5 Leos FRIEDL (CZE) & David MARTIN (USA) [5]

6 Brian BATTISTONE (USA) & Purav RAJA (IND) [6]

7 Ryan HARRISON (USA) & Travis RETTENMAIER (USA) [7]

8 Karol BECK (SVK) & David SKOCH (CZE) [8]

 

Qual. Ladies’ Singles

1 Nuria LLAGOSTERA VIVES (ESP) [1]

2 Yung-Jan CHAN (TPE) [2]

3 Arantxa RUS (NED) [3]

4 Irina FALCONI (USA) [4]

5 Tamarine TANASUGARN (THA) [5]

6 Edina GALLOVITS-HALL (ROU) [6]

7 Maria Elena CAMERIN (ITA) [7]

8 Carla SUAREZ NAVARRO (ESP) [8]

9 Eva BIRNEROVA (CZE) [9]

10 Iryna BREMOND (FRA) [10]

11 Renata VORACOVA (CZE) [11]

12 Sloane STEPHENS (USA) [12]

13 Junri NAMIGATA (JPN) [13]

14 Stephanie FORETZ GACON (FRA) [14]

15 Lesia TSURENKO (UKR) [15]

16 Yvonne MEUSBURGER (AUT) [16]

17 Misaki DOI (JPN) [17]

18 Kurumi NARA (JPN) [18]

19 Kai-Chen CHANG (TPE) [19]

20 Silvia SOLER-ESPINOSA (ESP) [20]

21 Urszula RADWANSKA (POL) [21]

22 Mandy MINELLA (LUX) [22]

23 Stephanie DUBOIS (CAN) [23]

24 Valeria SAVINYKH (RUS) [24]

 

Qual. Ladies’ Doubles

1 Liga DEKMEIJERE (LAT) & Darija JURAK (CRO) [1]

2 Shuko AOYAMA (JPN) & Rika FUJIWARA (JPN) [2]

3 Eva BIRNEROVA (CZE) & Petra CETKOVSKA (CZE) [3]

4 Lindsay LEE-WATERS (USA) & Megan MOULTON-LEVY (USA) [4]

5 Marina ERAKOVIC (NZL) & Tamarine TANASUGARN (THA) [5]

6 Noppawan LERTCHEEWAKARN (THA) & Jessica MOORE (AUS) [6]

7 Nina BRATCHIKOVA (RUS) & Valeria SAVINYKH (RUS) [7]

8 Elena BOGDAN (ROU) & Lesia TSURENKO (UKR) [8]

 

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Seeds Named for Fed Cup World Group and World Group II Play-offs

The ITF has announced the seeds for the Draw for the 2011 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group and World Group II play-offs. The Draw will take place on Wednesday 9 February at the ITF offices in London at 10:00 GMT. The seeds are based on the new ITF Fed Cup Nations Ranking of 7 February.

The four seeded nations in the World Group Play-offs are Australia, Slovak Republic, Spain and USA.

Each of the seeds will be drawn against one of the following unseeded nations: France, Germany, Serbia and Ukraine.

The four seeded nations in the World Group II Play-offs are Argentina, Canada, Estonia and Switzerland.

Each of the seeds will be drawn against one of the following unseeded nations: Belarus, Japan, Slovenia and Sweden.

The 2011 World Group and World Group II play-offs will take place alongside the World Group semifinals on 16-17 April. In the semifinals, Russia will be at home to Italy, and Belgium will be at home to Czech Republic.

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. Follow all the action on www.fedcup.com and www.fedcup.com/es.

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