Fed Cup Playoffs April 2011 Draw

WORLD GROUP SEMI-FINAL
Italy (s)
v
Russia (s) (c)


Czech Republic (s)
v
Belgium (c)*



WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS

USA (s)
v
Germany (c)

Spain (s)(c)
v
France

Slovak Republic (s)(c)
v
Serbia

Australia (s)(c)
v
Ukraine


WORLD GROUP II PLAY-OFFS

Estonia (s)
v
Belarus (c)(*)

Argentina (s)
v
Japan (c)

Canada (s)
v
Slovenia (c)(*)

Switzerland (s)(c)
v
Sweden

Patty might retire during this Fed Cup. :unsure:

Italy probably field the same team (Sexa, Flavia, Errani, Vinci) again :yawn:

Russia will add Zvonareva to the team ... probably take out Sharapova or Safina :spit:

France fights to stay in the World Group (which it always in history of Fed Cup) against Spain :unsure:

Slovak Rebubliv v Serbia :hysteric: Serbia needs Ana and Jelena :sobbing:

Patty might retire during this Fed Cup. :unsure:

I guess that would be good place to do since she can retire in Switzerland :worship:

but why not at least play Roland Garros :shrug:

nice draw for Belarus :) :D

I think France got the easiest opponent but it's still gonna be difficult to win.

Slovakia vs Serbia again :hysteric:

Hopefully Dani finds that same form and now that we have Domi it should go well!

Good draw for Japan!!!

OMG Aus-Ukr again. Atleast we beat them 5-0 last time ;)

Slovak Rebubliv v Serbia :hysteric: Serbia needs Ana and Jelena :sobbing:

i'd be very surprised if jelena doesn't play, i just think that she'd be loyal to her team :)

EDIT: http://english.blic.rs/Sports/7376/Jelena-eager-to-play-in-Slovakia
im 100% sure she'll play

as for ana, i think she should play since its only 2 days of the year that she has to commit to.

a strong/probably team would be:

Jelena Jankovic
Ana Ivanovic
Bojana Jovanovski
Aleksandra Krunic

as for doubles: :tape::scratch::shrug:

Australia (s)(c)
v
Ukraine



Sam should win the 2 singles ties, and the doubles with groth (maybe). i'd like to see it not be played in Hobart:sobbing:

a strong/probably team would be:

Jelena Jankovic
Ana Ivanovic
Bojan Jovanovski
Aleksandra Krunic

as for doubles: :tape::scratch::shrug:

:lol: Jovanovski/Jankovic again! Against Slovakia again :lol:

:lol: Jovanovski/Jankovic again! Against Slovakia again :lol:

maybe serbia wont need doubles to win this time :shrug:

and on second thoughts ana "maybe" more "forced-to-play" the Fed Cup after last years dispute...

something tells me that she won't say anything about fed cup for a few more weeks yet :P

I think the domination of some teams are:

Italy

Starters: Schiavone, Pennetta, Vinci, Errani
Substitutes: Oprandi, Brianti, Camerin, Dentoni, Knapp, Vierin



Russia

Starters: Zvonareva, Sharapova, Kuznetsova, Pavlyuchenkova
Substitutes: Petrova, Kleybanova, Kirilenko, Makarova, Chakvetadze, Dushevina, Vesnina, Kudryavtseva, Rodina, Pervak, Safina, Manasieva, Pivovarova, Bratchikova, Lapushchenkova, A. Panova, Kulikova, Ivanova, Diatchenko, Rodionova, Bovina, Bychkova, Puchkova, Lykina, Jidkova, Kournikova (absent), Myskina (absent), Likhovtseva (absent)


Czech Republic

Starters: Kvitova, Safarova, Zakopalova (formerly as Koukalova), Zahlavova Strycova
Substitutes: Hradecka, Ondraskova, Voracova, Hlavackova, Zahlavova, Birnerova, Cetkovska, Pliskova sisters (Karolina & Kristyna), Hrdinova, Uhlirova


Slovak Republic

Starters: Rybarikova, Kucova sisters (Zuzana & Kristina), Jurikova
Substitutes: Wienerova, Pochabova


What do you think?

P.S. Moderator please tell me to edit or delete this post if you think it has a problem.

^OMG you do this all the time on MTF for Davis Cup :o
No matter how many times I tell you, Italy ain't picking Vierin, Russia ain't picking Bovina or Bychkova or Myskina :lol:
And Slovakia should be Belgium. SVK already lost ;)

Russia
Vera Zvonareva
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Ekaterina Makarova
Shamil Tarpischev (captain)

Italy
Roberta Vinci
Sara Errani
Alberta Brianti
Maria Elena Camerin
Corrado Barazzutti (captain)

Belgium
Yanina Wickmayer
Kirsten Flipkens
An-Sophie Mestach
Alison van Uytvanck
Sabine Appelmans (captain)

Czech Republic
Petra Kvitova
Lucie Safarova
Iveta Benesova
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova
Petr Pala (captain)

Germany
Andrea Petkovic
Julia Goerges
Sabine Lisicki
Anna Lena Groenefeld
Barbara Rittner (captain)

USA
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Melanie Oudin
Christina McHale
Liezel Huber
Mary Joe Fernandez (captain)

Spain
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
Lourdes Dominguez-Lino
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Miguel Margets (captain)

France
Aravane Rezai
Alize Cornet
Mathilde Johansson
Virginie Razzano
Nicolas Escude (captain)

Slovak Republic
Dominika Cibulkova
Daniela Hantuchova
Magdalena Rybarikova
Jana Cepelova
Matej Liptak (captain)

Serbia
Jelena Jankovic
Ana Ivanovic
Bojana Jovanovski
Aleksandra Krunic
Dejan Vranes (captain)

Australia
Jarmila Groth
Jelena Dokic
Anastasia Rodionova
Sophie Ferguson
David Taylor (captain)

Ukraine
Lesia Tsurenko
Olga Savchuk
Yuliya Beygelzimer
Viktoria Kutuzova
Volodymyr Bogdanov (captain)

Belarus
Victoria Azarenka
Olga Govortsova
Darya Kustova
Tatiana Poutchek
Sergei Teterin (captain)

Estonia
Kaia Kanepi
Maret Ani
Margit Ruutel
Anett Kontaveit
Andrei Luzgin (captain)

Slovenia
Polona Hercog
Masa Zec-Peskiric
Andreja Klepac
Katarina Srebotnik
Iztok Bozic (captain)

Canada
Rebecca Marino
Stephanie Dubois
Sharon Fichman
Eugenie Bouchard
Sylvain Bruneau (captain)

Switzerland
Patty Schnyder
Timea Bacsinszky
Stefanie Voegele
Amra Sadikovic
Christiane Jolissaint (captain)

Sweden
Johanna Larsson
Sofia Arvidsson
Anna Brazhnikova
Sandra Roma
Maria Stradlund Tomsvik (captain)

I think Canada will struggle with this one. I see Hercog winning both singles and with Srebotnik in there for doubles...

We need a win from Marino vs Hercog and two wins against Zec-Peskiric. Not impossible, depends who plays second singles.

surfaces and my tips
Russia vs Italy - indoor hard
Belgium vs Czech Republic - indoor hard
Germany vs USA - indoor clay
Spain vs France - outdoor clay
Slovakia vs Serbia - indoor clay
Australia vs Ukraine - outdoor clay
Belarus vs Estonia - indoor hard (why does Azarenka go clay-hard-clay :wallbash: )
Slovenia vs Canada - outdoor clay
Switzerland vs Sweden - outdoor clay

I'm going to the Italy-Russia tie. I'm not that excited about it.

^OMG you do this all the time on MTF for Davis Cup :o
No matter how many times I tell you, Italy ain't picking Vierin, Russia ain't picking Bovina or Bychkova or Myskina :lol:
And Slovakia should be Belgium. SVK already lost ;)

Do you know every players have their rights to play Davis Cup (for men) or FED Cup (for women) for their country? They can replace the starters to play if they can't play for injury or sickness, suspension, other emergency incident.

Russia
Vera Zvonareva
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Ekaterina Makarova
Shamil Tarpischev (captain)


Why not Sharapova?

Do you know every players have their rights to play Davis Cup (for men) or FED Cup (for women) for their country? They can replace the starters to play if they can't play for injury or sickness, suspension, other emergency incident.

They wouldn't pick Kournikova for example. No need to put her there :shrug:

WG will have 8 Europe Teams :eek::unsure:
WG2 with USA, Belarus, Australia :bowdown: