4/25/2000
FED CUP UPDATE!
Okay, sorry evereyone... I was totally wrong. Kim is not playing Fed Cup for Russia. I could have sworn she said that was the deed in an online chat at the Indian Wells website. But obviously, she's playing for Belgium! Good news about this is that she's the top-ranked player on the Belgium team, which indicates Dominique Van Roost and Sabine Appelmans aren't playing. The Belgium team is on the C group of Fed Cup. The other teams on the C group are Australia, Russia, and France. The tournament starts on April 27th and the host nation for the C group is Russia. The first round will take place in Moscow. Here's what the first round team nominations look like:
GROUP A
Venue: Circolo Tennis Bari, Bari, Italy
Surface: Red Clay (outdoors)
Italy
Silvia Farina
Rita Grande
Tathiana Garbin
Giulia Casoni
Captain: Ms Raffaella Reggi |
Croatia
Silvija Talaja
Jelena Kostanic
Iva Majoli
Ivana Abramovic
Captain: Mr Hirszon Sasa |
Germany
Anke Huber
Marlene Weingartner
Elena Wagner
Andrea Glass
Captain: Mr Markus Schur |
Spain
Conchita Martinez
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
Magui Serna
Cristina Torrens-Valero
Captain: Mr Miguel Margets |
GROUP B
Venue: Incheba - Hall C, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Surface: Decoturf (indoors)
Austria
Barbara Schett
Sylvia Plischke
Patricia Wartusch
Marion Maruska
Captain: Mr Filip Krajcik |
Czech Republic
Denisa Chladkova
Kveta Hrdlickova
Adriana Gersi
Daniela Bedanova
Captain: Mr Jan Simbera |
Slovak Republic
Karina Habsudova
Henrieta Nagyova
Ludmila Cervanova
Daniela Hantuchova
Captain: Mr Peter Vajda |
Switzerland
Patty Schnyder
Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Miroslava Vavrinec
Laura Bao
Captain: Jakob Hlasek |
GROUP C
Venue: Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia
Surface: Supreme (Indoors)
Russia
Anna Kournikova
Elena Likhovtseva
Elena Dementieva
Lina Krasnoroutskaya
Captain: Mr Shamil Tarpischev |
Belgium
Kim Clijsters
Els Callens
Laurence Courtois
Patty Van Acker
Captain: Mr Ivo Van Aken |
Australia
Jelena Dokic
Nicole Pratt
Alicia Molik
Rennae Stubbs
Captain: Mrs Lesley Bowrey |
France
Nathalie Tauziat
Julie Halard-Decugis
Sandrine Testud
Amelie Mauresmo
Captain: Mr Guy Forget |
~Clijsters City
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