By Tennis Guru on Feb 7, 2012 in Featured, FED Cup, Tennis Feature | 0 Comments
Great Britain set up a Fed Cup play-off against Austria by thrashing Israel 3-0 in their final Europe/Africa Group I pool match in Eilat. Judy Murray’s team finished top in their pool after beating Portugal and the Netherlands earlier in the competition. British number two Anne Keothavong got the day off to the perfect start [...]
By Tennis Guru on Nov 13, 2011 in FED Cup, Tennis Feature, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
The Czech Republic clinched its first Fed Cup title in more than two decades on Sunday after doubles team Lucie Hradecka and Kveta Peschke beat Elena Vesnina and Maria Kirilenko of Russia 6-4, 6-2 in the decisive doubles match to secure a tight 3-2 win in the final. Czech world number two Petra Kvitova contributed [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 16, 2011 in FED Cup, Italian Open, Maria Sharapova, Samantha Stosur, Tennis News | 3 Comments
Russia’s Maria Sharapova ended her remarkable run at the Italian Open 2011 tournament by winning the women’s singles title, her biggest claycourt win to date, after beating Australia’s Samantha Stosurin the final. The three-time Grand Slam champion won 16 of the first 19 points contested in the first set to lead 4-0 before Stodur made [...]
By Tennis Guru on Apr 18, 2011 in FED Cup, Tennis News | 0 Comments
For the first time in Fed Cup history, team United States won’t be part of the elite World Group after suffering a 5-0 defeat against Team Germany on Sunday. The American team was noticeably weak due to the absence of the Williams sisters and won’t be among the Top 8 nations competing for the Fed [...]
By Tennis Guru on Apr 18, 2011 in FED Cup, Tennis News | 0 Comments
The never-say-die attitude of Serbian former world number one Jelena Jankovic and doubles partner Alexandra Krunic could have made the difference for them to mount a major comeback to win the fifth and deciding rubber at the Fed Cup 2011 World Group play-off showdown against Slovak Republic. Down 2-6, 1-5, it seemed that the Slovak [...]
By Tennis Guru on Apr 18, 2011 in FED Cup, Tennis News | 0 Comments
It is official! It’s Russia vs Czech Republic for the Fed Cup 2011 Final Match Showdown which will take place in November. Both nations secured the Fed Cup 2011 finals berth after beating their opponents in contrasting fashion. The Russian team whitewashed defending champion Italy with a commanding 5-0 victory while the Czech team battled [...]
By Tennis Guru on Apr 18, 2011 in FED Cup, Tennis News | 0 Comments
Team Germany regained the World Group status at FED Cup after beating 17-time champion United States. This relegated the latter to World Group II for the first time. World number 19 Andrea Petkovic gave her country an insurmountable 3-0 lead over the Americans after beating Melanie Oudin in straight sets. The remaining two matches in [...]
By Tennis Guru on Nov 8, 2010 in Featured, FED Cup, Francesca Schiavone, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
Italy secured its third FED Cup title in three years after Flavia Pennetta crushed American teen Coco Vandeweghe 6-1, 6-2 in the fourth rubber of the event. This placed Italy in a 3-1 lead over the United States and the doubles rubber later on won’t affect the outcome of the tournament. Earlier, American Melanie Oudin [...]
By Tennis Guru on Nov 9, 2009 in FED Cup, Tennis News, tennis results | 0 Comments
Italy easily won its second Fed Cup title last weekend after routing the weakened United States team 4-0 in the outdoor claycourts in Reggio Calabria. During the first day of competitions, world number 11 Flavia Pennetta defeated Alexa Glatch 6-3, 6-1 while number 16 Francesca Schiavone edged out teenager Melanie Oudin 7-6, 6-2. The US [...]
By Tennis Guru on Nov 3, 2009 in Featured, FED Cup, Serena Williams, Tennis News | 1 Comment
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) announced on Saturday that world number one Serena Williams has decided to withdraw from the upcoming Fed Cup final match against Italy in Calabria. The new winner of the year-end Sony Ericsson Championships tournament has yet to give specific reasons for the withdrawal. USTA announced that Vania King would [...]
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