Fed Cup Results for April 22, 2018
WORLD GROUP SEMIFINALS
CZECH REPUBLIC defeated GERMANY 4-1
Venue: Porsche Arena, Stuttgart, GER (clay – indoor)
Petra Kvitova (CZE) d. Julia Goerges (GER) 63 62
Karolina Pliskova (CZE) d. Angelique Kerber (GER) 75 63
Julia Goerges (GER) d. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 64 62
Petra Kvitova (CZE) d. Angelique Kerber (GER) 62 62
Katerina Siniakova/Barbora Strycova (CZE) d. Julia Goerges/Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) 75 ret.
USA defeated FRANCE 3-2
Venue: Arena Du Pays D’Aix, Aix-en-Provence, FRA (clay – indoor)
Sloane Stephens (USA) d. Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 76(3) 75
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) d. Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 16 63 62
Sloane Stephens (USA) d. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 62 60
Madison Keys (USA) d. Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 76(4) 64
Amandine Hesse/Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) d. Bethanie Mattek-Sands/Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 64
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WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS
BELARUS defeated SLOVAKIA 3-2
Venue: Chizhovka Arena, Minsk, BLR (hard – indoor)
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) d. Jana Cepelova (SVK) 76(6) 75
Viktoria Kuzmova (SVK) d. Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 62 26 76(5)
Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) d. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) 63 64
Viktoria Kuzmova (SVK) d. Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) 61 76(3)
Vera Lapko/Lidziya Marozava (BLR) d. Viktoria Kuzmova/Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) 63 64
ROMANIA defeated SWITZERLAND 3-1
Venue: Sala Polivalenta Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, ROU (clay – indoor)
Simona Halep (ROU) d. Viktorija Golubic (SUI) 63 16 61
Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) d. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 64 61
Simona Halep (ROU) d. Patty Schnyder (SUI) 62 61
Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) v Viktorija Golubic (SUI) – not played
Viktorija Golubic/Jil Teichmann (SUI) d. Mihaela Buzarnescu/Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 06 60 [10-6]
AUSTRALIA defeated NETHERLANDS 4-1
Venue: Wollongong Entertainment Centre, Wollongong, AUS (hard – indoor)
Lesley Kerkhove (NED) d. Samantha Stosur (AUS) 75 76(1)
Ashleigh Barty (AUS) d. Quirine Lemoine (NED) 60 62
Ashleigh Barty (AUS) d. Lesley Kerkhove (NED) 64 62
Daria Gavrilova (AUS) d. Quirine Lemoine (NED) 63 62
Destanee Aiava/Daria Gavrilova (AUS) d. Lesley Kerkhove/Demi Schuurs (NED) 63 62
BELGIUM defeated ITALY 4-0
Venue: Valletta Cambiaso ASD, Genova, ITA (clay – outdoor)
Elise Mertens (BEL) d. Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 61 75
Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) d. Sara Errani (ITA) 64 67(6) 62
Elise Mertens (BEL) d. Sara Errani (ITA) 63 61
Jasmine Paolini (ITA) v Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) – not played
Kirsten Flipkens/Elise Mertens (BEL) d. Deborah Chiesa/Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 61 64
WORLD GROUP II PLAY-OFFS
LATVIA defeated RUSSIA 3-2
Venue: Tennis Development Center, Khanty-Mansiysk, RUS (clay – indoor)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d. Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) 63 26 64
Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) d. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 75 64
Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) d. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 75 61
Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) d. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 62 75
Elena Vesnina/Natalia Vikhlyantseva (RUS) d. Diana Marcinkevica/Daniela Vismane (LAT) 64 62
SPAIN defeated PARAGUAY 3-1
Venue: Centro de Tenis La Manga Club, Cartagena, Murcia, ESP (clay – outdoor)
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) d. Veronica Cepede Royg (PAR) 62 62
Garbine Muguruza (ESP) d. Montserrat Gonzalez (PAR) 64 57 64
Garbine Muguruza (ESP) d. Veronica Cepede Royg (PAR) 76(2) 60
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) v Montserrat Gonzalez (PAR) – not played
Veronica Cepede Royg/Montserrat Gonzalez (PAR) d. Georgina Garcia-Perez/Maria Jose Martinez
Sanchez (ESP) 63 62
CANADA defeated UKRAINE 3-2
Venue: Uniprix Stadium, Montreal, CAN (hard – indoor)
Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) d. Bianca Andreescu (CAN) 46 63 40 ret.
Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) d. Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 62 75
Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) d. Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 46 62 76(5)
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) d. Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) 36 62 61
Bianca Andreescu/Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) d. Kateryna Bondarenko/Olga Savchuk (UKR) 63 46 63
JAPAN defeated GREAT BRITAIN 3-2
Venue: Bourbon Beans Dome, Miki, JPN (hard – indoor)
Naomi Osaka (JPN) d. Heather Watson (GBR) 62 63
Johanna Konta (GBR) d. Kurumi Nara (JPN) 64 62
Johanna Konta (GBR) d. Naomi Osaka (JPN) 63 63
Kurumi Nara (JPN) d. Heather Watson (GBR) 76(7) 64
Miyu Kato/Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) d. Johanna Konta/Heather Watson (GBR) 36 63 63
