Fed Cup NominationsThe ITF has announced the team nominations for the 2007 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group semifinals, and World Group and World Group II Play-offs to be played on 14-15 July.
Live scoring for the World Group semifinals and the four World Group Play-offs will be available on the Fed Cup website
www.fedcup.com throughout the weekend. A Communications department representative will be on-hand at the ITF headquarters in London from 09:00 GMT on both days to assist with any media enquiries and can be contacted on +44 (0)20 8392 4632.
Fed Cup by BNP Paribas is the largest annual international team competition in women’s sport, with 84 nations entered in 2007. 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. Rolex (Official Timekeeper) is an international sponsor and Wilson Sporting Goods (Official Ball) is an international partner.
For further information, please contact:
ITF Communications, Tel: +44 (0)20 8392 4632;
Fax: +44 (0)20 8392 4747;
Email: communications@itftennis.com
WORLD GROUP SEMIFINALS
USA v RUSSIA
Venue: The Stadium at Topnotch, Stowe, VT, USA (hard - outdoors)
USA
Serena Williams
Venus Williams
Lisa Raymond
Vania King
Captain: Zina Garrison
Russia
Maria Sharapova
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Nadia Petrova
Anna Chakvetadze
Captain: Shamil Tarpischev
ITALY v FRANCE
Venue: Nova Yardinia, Castellaneta Marina, Italy (clay - outdoors)
Italy
Francesca Schiavone
Mara Santangelo
Roberta Vinci
Tathiana Garbin
Captain: Corrado Barazzutti
France
Amelie Mauresmo
Tatiana Golovin
Severine Bremond
Nathalie Dechy
Captain: Georges Goven
WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS
AUSTRIA v ISRAEL
Venue: ATZ Linz, Linz, Austria (clay - outdoors)
Austria
Sybille Bammer
Tamira Paszek
Yvonne Meusburger
Melanie Klaffner
Captain: Alfred Tesar
Israel
Shahar Peer
Tzipora Obziler
Anna Smashnova
Julia Glushko
Captain: Oded Jacob
BELGIUM v CHINA, P.R.
Venue: Knokke Zoute Tennisclub, Knokke-Heist, Belgium (clay - outdoors)
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Yanina Wickmayer
Debbrich Feys
Tamaryn Hendler
Aude Vermoezen
Captain: Sabine Appelmans
China, P.R.
Tian-Tian Sun
Zi Yan
Sheng-Nan Sun
Chun-Mei Ji
Captain: Hong-Wei Jiang
JAPAN v GERMANY
Venue: Sky Hall Toyota, Toyota, Japan (carpet - indoors
Japan
Erika Takao
Ayumi Morita
Tomoko Yonemura
Rika Fujiwara
Captain: Minoru Ueda
Germany
Angelique Kerber
Tatjana Malek
Andrea Petkovic
Anna-Lena Groenefeld
Captain: Barbara Rittner
SPAIN v CZECH REPUBLIC
Venue: Club de Tenis Llafranc, Palafrugell (Girona), Spain (clay - outdoors)
Spain
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Lourdes Dominguez Lino
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Captain: Miguel Margets
Czech Republic
Nicole Vaidisova
Lucie Safarova
Iveta Benesova
Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova
Captain: Ales Kodat
WORLD GROUP II PLAY-OFFS
AUSTRALIA v UKRAINE
Venue: Royal Pines Resort, Ashmore, Australia (hard - outdoors)
Australia
Samantha Stosur
Nicole Pratt
Alicia Molik
Rennae Stubbs
Captain: David Taylor
Ukraine
Alona Bondarenko
Katerina Bondarenko
Yuliana Fedak
Yuliya Beygelzimer
Captain: Volodymyr Bogdanov
ARGENTINA v CANADA
Venue: Cordoba Lawn Tenis Club, Cordoba, Argentina (clay - outdoors
Argentina
Gisela Dulko
Jorgelina Cravero
Maria Emilia Salerni
Betina Jozami
Captain: Ricardo Rivera
Canada
Aleksandra Wozniak
Stephanie Dubois
Marie-Eve Pelletier
Valerie Tetreault
Captain: Rene Collins
CROATIA v CHINESE TAIPEI
Venue: Tenis Klub "Split", Split, Croatia (clay - outdoors)
Croatia
Jelena Kostanic-Tosic
Nika Ozegovic
Ana Vrljic
Petra Martic
Captain: Goran Prpic
Chinese Taipei
Chin-Wei Chan
Chia-Jung Chuang
Su-Wei Hsieh
Yung-Jan Chan
Captain: Shi-Ting Wang
SLOVAK REPUBLIC v SERBIA
Venue: Steel Arena, Kosice, Slovak Republic (hard - indoors)
Slovak Republic
Daniela Hantuchova
Dominika Cibulkova
Jana Juricova
Kristina Kucova
Captain: Mojmir Mihal
Serbia
Jelena Jankovic
Ana Ivanovic
Vojislava Lukic
Ana Timotic
Captain: Dejan Vranes
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