Stephens blasts teammate Serena Rising US star Sloane Stephens has slammed Serena Williams, describing her Fed Cup teammate as a sore loser and saying she snubbed Stephens on Twitter after losing to her at the Aus Open in January. Read full article |
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Vinci sends Italy into Fed Cup final Roberta Vinci sent Italy into the Fed Cup final for the fifth time in eight years with a 6-2 6-7 6-3 victory over Czech Republic's Lucie Safarova in Palermo on Monday. Read full article |
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Serena, Venus lead US to victory Venus Williams needed eight match points in the final game to beat Johanna Larsson 6-3, 7-5 and give the US an insurmountable 3-1 lead against Sweden in the Fed Cup World Group Playoff. Read full article |
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Russia in record recovery to make final Four-time champions Russia became the first team to come back from 2-0 down in a Fed Cup semifinal to complete a 3-2 triumph over Slovakia on Sunday. Read full article |
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Serena gives US lead over Sweden in Fed Cup World No 1 Serena Williams powered past Sofia Arvidsson 6-2, 6-1 on Sunday to give the United States a 2-1 lead over Sweden in their Fed Cup World Group playoff. Read full article |
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Kvitova keeps Czechs alive Former Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova defeated Sara Errani 2-6, 6-2, 6-0 to keep defending champions, the Czech Republic alive in their Fed Cup semifinal against Italy on Sunday. Read full article |
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Russia overcome Slovakia to reach Fed Cup final Russia completed a remarkable fightback to beat Slovakia 3-2 in a dramatic Fed Cup semifinal by sweeping the last three rubbers on Sunday. Read full article |
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Poland beats Belgium in Fed Cup Poland took an insurmountable 3-1 lead over Belgium on Sunday to secure its place in Fed Cup World Cup II and relegate the hosts to the Euro-Africa continental competition. Read full article |
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Germany beats Serbia, advances in Fed Cup Germany came from behind to beat Serbia 3-2 in their Fed Cup playoff on Sunday and qualify for next season's top-tier World group competition. Read full article |
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Spain beats Japan in Fed Cup WG playoff Spain won a reverse singles match and a doubles match to beat Japan 4-0 in their Fed Cup World Group playoff on Sunday. Read full article |
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Slovakia, Italy on top in Fed Cup Slovakia and Italy edged closer to a Fed Cup final showdown on Saturday after sweeping into 2-0 leads over fading Russia and defending champions Czech Republic respectively. Read full article |
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Germany, Serbia tied in Fed Cup playoff Germany and Serbia were level 1-1 after the opening singles on Saturday in their Fed Cup relegation playoff. Read full article |
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Belgium, Poland level after first day Kirsten Flipkens kept Belgian hopes alive in the Fed Cup World Group II playoffs, beating Poland's Ursula Radwanska 6-4, 6-3, to level the tie at 1-1 after Saturday's opening session. Read full article |
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Cibulkova puts Slovakia into the lead Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova battled back from a set down to beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and put her side into the lead in their Fed Cup semifinal clash with hosts Russia on Saturday. Read full article |
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Spain lead Japan in playoffs Carla Suarez and Silvia Soler-Espinosa won singles matches on Saturday to give Spain a 2-0 lead over Japan in the Fed Cup World Group playoffs. Read full article |
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Fed Cup powers eye final, USA in Williams boost Russia, Italy and defending champions Czech Republic, with 14 Fed Cup titles between them, take their powerful legacies into the semifinals this weekend. Read full article |
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Serena, Venus to lead US in Fed Cup World No 1 Serena Williams and her sister Venus will join Sloane Stephens and Varvara Lepchenko on the US Fed Cup team facing Sweden later this month, the US Tennis Association said on Wednesday. Read full article |
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Barthel returns for Germany Fed Cup tie Germany's world number 28, Mona Barthel, has been recalled for next week's Fed Cup tie against Serbia after sitting out February's encounter with France, captain Barbara Rittner announced on Wednesday. Read full article |
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Kvitova to lead Czechs against Italy Holders Czech Republic on Wednesday named a five-member squad led by world No 8 Petra Kvitova for their Fed Cup semifinal tie against Italy on clay in Palermo on April 20-21. Read full article |
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Belgium slip-sliding in Fed Cup Belgium looks destined to sink to the third division of the Fed Cup with its top player uncertain to play, the No 2 already a no-show and the federation unwilling to pick favoured clay because of the cost. Read full article |