How well do you think Venus will play in Fed Cup?

Will she be able to carry over her Wimby form to clay? Will Nastya and Lena D challenge her? It will be interesting... :) This is probably not the same as a real tournament, but I hope they all play their best. :)

I think she'll win both matches,
she'll convincingly beat Myskina, and will get tested by Dementieva.

I have no idea, I'm hoping that she retains confidence and can win against them on clay. It's more exciting waiting to see what Venus will do.

Bagels served by the Wimbledon Champion all over the place.

I am really interested to see how she plays. Will she carry the Wimbledon momentum into fed cup or play more like she has the rest of the season being very inconsistent? Or will she just be exhausted?

I am also very interested to see how Myskina plays. Like at Wimbledon or rest of the year.

The play of Venus and Anastasia will both be important wild cards in my opinion.

if Venus is feeling OK physically and isn't mentally drained, then she should be fine.
those are the bigger questions i think

Bagels served by the Wimbledon Champion all over the place.

:drool:

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What's the surface? Carpet could be a problem.

What's the surface? Carpet could be a problem.

Red clay.

they should have goen with Carpet

I think she will be fired up and ready to go.

Even on clay, Venus will win both singles matches. Go Vee! :wavey:

IMO Russia didn't put their best players, at the moment Myskina and Dementieva are far away from their best. Why not Kuznetsova, Petrova?

Well but not well enough ;)
I hope

I really hope she does carry her form through from Wimbledon :) Surely she must be feeling confident? ;)

I don't think Venus will fuss herself too much over Fed Cup in Russia. :)

1 win, 1 loss

IMO Russia didn't put their best players, at the moment Myskina and Dementieva are far away from their best. Why not Kuznetsova, Petrova?

They're injured!

The didn't pick carpet because they thought Davenport will play! :p

Hopefully Venus will be okay - it will be difficult changing from grass to clay and there will be more expectations for her to win now that she is the "reigning Wimbledon champion".

It depends how tired and fatigued she is from the events of the weekend too.

even if Vee loses these matches, it doesn't mean anything as I'm sure she must be somewhat drained after Wimbledon and needs a nice break :)

even if Vee loses these matches, it doesn't mean anything as I'm sure she must be somewhat drained after Wimbledon and needs a nice break :)I'm hoping Venus isn't as focused as she was last week.
But you never know.

I am not so sure cos she is going to be playing on clay which is her worst surface. She is coming up against some really tough opponents. She has enough confidence, but i am not sure if that will be enough for her to carry the whole team to victory.

hmmm, it's an interesting question....one good thing is she is there with Zina and Billy and if nothing else they will get her into the net. :yeah:

I am not so sure cos she is going to be playing on clay which is her worst surface. She is coming up against some really tough opponents. She has enough confidence, but i am not sure if that will be enough for her to carry the whole team to victory.
Venus has the best clay court record of active players behind Justine.
It is not her worst surface; I don't know why people keep saying that.

Venus has the best clay court record of active players behind Justine.
It is not her worst surface; I don't know why people keep saying that.

Well it is her worst MAJOR surface if you consider Rebound Ace as being hardcourt, but people just look at her results a RG without looking at the other titles she's won on clay.

even if Vee loses these matches, it doesn't mean anything as I'm sure she must be somewhat drained after Wimbledon and needs a nice break :)

Will it mean nothing if she wins??

BTW Venus hates to return the second serves of both Myskina and Dementieva. Let's hope she gets it in her mind to move forward to the returns.