 Photographer: Ron Angle
Date: 15 Jul 2007 |  Photographer: Ron Angle
Date: 15 Jul 2007 |  Photographer: Ron Angle
Date: 15 Jul 2007 |  Photographer: Ron Angle
Date: 15 Jul 2007 |  Photographer: Ron Angle
Date: 15 Jul 2007 |  Photographer: Ron Angle
Date: 15 Jul 2007 |
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| 13 Jul 2007 | |
| Italy to face Russia in Fed Cup Final |
Defending Champions Italy overcame a tough French side lead by Amelie Mauresmo in 40 degree heat in Castellaneta in the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas semifinals. Francesca Schiavone, playing in front of a home crowd for the first time, was the hero of the tie. The Italian overcame Mauresmo on the opening day, Tatiana Golovin in the fourth rubber before partnering Roberta Vinci to victory in the deciding doubles.
There was similar drama in Stowe, Vermont where the Americans were taking on the mighty Russians. Venus Williams, hot from her victory at Wimbledon, valiantly fought for her country by winning two singles rubbers. The doubles, however proved to be a match too far, and Williams and Lisa Raymond fell to Nadia Petrova and Elena Vesnina.
Russia will host Italy in September's Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Final to be played on 15-16 September.
Visit the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas official website for more photographs, interviews and reports from all ties www.fedcup.com.
Full results from the weekend are as follows:
WORLD GROUP SEMIFINALS
RUSSIA defeated USA 3-2
Venue: The Stadium at Topnotch, Stowe, VT, USA (hard - outdoors)
Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) d. Vania King (USA) 61 63
Venus Williams (USA) d. Nadia Petrova (RUS) 76(6) 06 64
Venus Williams (USA) d. Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 61 64
Nadia Petrova (RUS) d. Meilen Tu (USA) 61 62
Nadia Petrova/Elena Vesnina (RUS) d. Lisa Raymond/Venus Williams (USA) 75 76(1)
ITALY defeated FRANCE 3-2
Venue: Nova Yardinia, Castellaneta Marina, Italy (clay - outdoors)
Tatiana Golovin (FRA) d. Tathiana Garbin (ITA) 63 26 62
Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d. Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) 75 63
Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) d. Mara Santangelo (ITA) 67(5) 60 64
Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d. Tatiana Golovin (FRA) 64 26 75
Francesca Schiavone/Roberta Vinci (ITA) d. Severine Bremond/Nathalie Dechy (FRA) 46 61 62
WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS – Winners qualify for 2008 World Group; Losers play in 2008 World Group II
ISRAEL defeated AUSTRIA 4-1
Venue: ATZ Linz, Linz, Austria (clay - outdoors)
Shahar Peer (ISR) d. Tamira Paszek (AUT) 64 64
Tzipi Obziler (ISR) d. Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) 63 61
Shahar Peer (ISR) d. Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) 63 61
Melanie Klaffner (AUT) d. Julia Glushko (ISR) 64 63
Tzipi Obziler/Shahar Peer (ISR) d. Melanie Klaffner/Tamira Paszek (AUT) 63 61
CHINA, P.R. defeated BELGIUM 4-1
Venue: Knokke Zoute Tennisclub, Knokke-Heist, Belgium (clay - outdoors)
Tian-Tian Sun (CHN) d. Debbrich Feys (BEL) 64 62
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. Zi Yan (CHN) 75 76(7)
Tian-Tian Sun (CHN) d. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 64 63
Zi Yan (CHN) d. Tamaryn Hendler (BEL) 76(3) 26 86
Chun-Mei Ji/Sheng-Nan Sun (CHN) d. Debbrich Feys/Aude Vermoezen (BEL) 62 61
GERMANY defeated JAPAN 3-2
Venue: Sky Hall Toyota, Toyota, Japan (carpet - indoors)
Tatjana Malek (GER) d. Erika Takao (JPN) 64 63
Ayumi Morita (JPN) d. Angelique Kerber (GER) 46 64 75
Erika Takao (JPN) d. Angelique Kerber (GER) 63 62
Tatjana Malek (GER) d. Ayumi Morita (JPN) 64 63
Anna-Lena Groenefeld/Tatjana Malek (GER) d. Rika Fujiwara/Ayumi Morita (JPN) 63 64
SPAIN defeated CZECH REPUBLIC 4-1
Venue: Club de Tenis Llafranc, Palafrugell (Girona), Spain (clay - outdoors)
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) d. Iveta Benesova (CZE) 76(7) 26 61
Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) 61 62
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) d. Lucie Safarova (CZE) 63 62
Lourdes Dominguez-Lino (ESP) d. Iveta Benesova (CZE) 62 46 63
Nuria Llagostera Vives/Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) d. Petra Kvitova/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 64 61
WORLD GROUP II PLAY-OFFS – Winners qualify for 2008 World Group II; Losers play in 2008 Zonal Group I
UKRAINE defeated AUSTRALIA 4-1
Venue: Royal Pines Resort, Ashmore, Australia (hard - outdoors)
Alona Bondarenko (UKR) d. Alicia Molik (AUS) 63 64
Katerina Bondarenko (UKR) d. Nicole Pratt (AUS) 60 61
Alona Bondarenko (UKR) d. Nicole Pratt (AUS) 75 64
Casey Dellacqua (AUS) d. Yuliana Fedak (UKR) 64 62
Yuliya Beygelzimer/Katerina Bondarenko (UKR) d. Alicia Molik/Rennae Stubbs (AUS) 26 63 63
ARGENTINA defeated CANADA 4-1
Venue: Cordoba Lawn Tenis Club, Cordoba, Argentina (clay - outdoors)
Gisela Dulko (ARG) d. Marie-Eve Pelletier (CAN) 75 64
Maria Emilia Salerni (ARG) d. Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 63 64
Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) d. Gisela Dulko (ARG) 06 62 62
Maria Emilia Salerni (ARG) d. Marie-Eve Pelletier (CAN) 64 61
Jorgelina Cravero/Betina Jozami (ARG) d. Stephanie Dubois/Marie-Eve Pelletier (CAN) w/o
CROATIA defeated CHINESE TAIPEI 3-2
Venue: Tenis Klub "Split", Split, Croatia (clay - outdoors)
Nika Ozegovic (CRO) d. Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) 60 63
Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) d. Jelena Kostanic-Tosic (CRO) 76(5) 64
Ana Vrljic (CRO) d. Chin-Wie Chan (TPE) 60 61
Nika Ozegovic (CRO) d. Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) 61 57 61
Yung-Jan Chan/Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE) d. Jelena Kostanic-Tosic/Ana Vrljic (CRO) 76(8) 63
SLOVAK REPUBLIC defeated SERBIA 4-1
Venue: Steel Arena, Kosice, Slovak Republic (hard - indoors)
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. Ana Timotic (SRB) 61 62
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 75 16 97
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. Vojislava Lukic (SRB) 60 62
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Ana Jovanovic (SRB) 64 62
Janette Husarova/Jana Juricova (SVK) d. Ana Jovanovic/Ana Timotic (SRB) 64 62
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