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Carla Suarez leads Spain to Fed Cup win over Japan

Agencia EFEApril 21, 2013 14:00
Barcelona, Apr 21 (EFE).- Carla Suarez defeated Ayumi Morita 6-3, 7-5 in one hour and 48 minutes on Sunday, giving Spain the third point in what ended up being a 4-0 win over Japan in the Federation Cup World Group playoff at Barcelona's Real Club de Polo. "I was more relaxed today than yesterday," the 24-year-old Suarez Navarro said. "The score going into today enabled me to relax." The win allows Spain, a five-time Fed Cup champion, to return to the elite category of women's team tennis.

Spain's Fed Cup team set for playoff against Japan

April 10, 2013 12:46
Madrid, Apr 10 (EFE).- Spain's Federation Cup team is set for the April 20-21 World Group playoff against Japan in Barcelona, team captain Conchita Martinez said Wednesday. Carla Suarez is back and will be joined by Lourdes Dominguez, Silvia Soler and Lara Arruabarrena, who is making her Fed Cup debut, Martinez said. The playoff will take place at Barcelona's Polo Club. Suarez, the top-ranked Spanish player, will be back after missing the previous two rounds.

UPDATE 8-Tennis-Fed Cup world group quarterfinal results

February 10, 2013 08:30
Feb 10 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Fed Cup World Group Quarterfinal matches on Sunday Quarterfinal 3-Italy beat U.S. 3- 2 Slovakia beat 2-Serbia 3- 2 4-Russia beat Japan 3- 2 1-Czech Republic lead Australia 4- 0

UPDATE 2-Tennis-Fed Cup world group quarterfinal Russia v Japan latest

February 10, 2013 08:30
Feb 10 (Infostrada Sports) - Latest from the Fed Cup World Group Quarterfinal match between Russia and Japan on Sunday 4-Russia beat Japan 3-2 On Saturday Ayumi Morita (Japan) beat Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) 6-2 6-2 Maria Kirilenko (Russia) beat Kimiko Date-Krumm (Japan) 7-6(3) 6-4(0) On Sunday Ekaterina Makarova/Elena Vesnina (Russia) beat Misaki Doi/Ayumi Morita (Japan) 6-2 6-2 Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) beat Kimiko Date-Krumm (Japan) 6-1 6-1 Ayumi Morita (Japan) beat Elena Vesnina (Russia) 6-4 6-1

Tennis: Fed Cup holders Czechs face Australia

February 7, 2013 11:31
Holders Czech Republic will take on Australia in the Fed Cup's first round in the eastern Czech city of Ostrava at the weekend, with eyes on a treble and concerns about the form of their top singles players. For world number eight Petra Kvitova and 18th-ranked Lucie Safarova, two left-handers who led the Czechs to their two straight Fed Cup victories in 2011 and 2012, the star moment this year was reaching the Paris quarter-finals last week.

Tennis: Oudin replaces Stephens on US Fed Cup team

February 3, 2013 14:30
Australian Open semi-finalist Sloane Stephens was replaced on the US Fed Cup team by Melanie Oudin on Sunday for the Americans' first-round tie next week at Italy. Teen star Stephens, ranked a career-high 17th in the world and 10-3 on the season, said she suffered an abdominal strain during her Australian Open run. "I played a lot more matches than I expected in four straight weeks in Australia and need to be careful not to let this ab injury sideline me for a long time," Stephens said.
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