FED cup

Sheddie · administrator

FED cup

Salmon · Tennis legend

I've heard of her! She trains at Mouratoglou with Baghdatis, Ross Wilson etc.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

What a start to the FED CUP!

Really impressed with both girls closing out such tight matches on courts they don't prefer!

Happycynic · Pro player

Great start! Big grin for Anne especially.

tennisbrain · Club Coach

are the radwanksa girls not playing for poland they are so good and i have heard that the younger one is supposed to be amazing looks like she and cavaday will be playing alot in future!!!!
bring on poland

Sheddie · administrator

yeah they're playing for Poland...we play Luxembourg tomorrow tho

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Think we should be able to beat Luxembourg.

Naomi is more than capable of winning but its her FED cup debut so bound to be some nerves.

Anne vs Kremer, well i would be shocked it Anne won really, Kramer may not be the player she was a few years ago but shes defo a good player still. Anne should go into the match with a lot of confidence and nothing to loose if Naomi has won.

Think we will win the doubles but hopefully ti wont come to that.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Naomi withdrew from Bournemouth.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Anne has beaten Kremer before no?

Sally · Grand Slam Champion

Mandy Minella d. Naomi 46 76 (2) 64

Salmon · Tennis legend

Gah!

Must have been the nerves.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

disappointing start. We can still win though

Sheddie · administrator

johnnylad wrote:

Anne has beaten Kremer before no?

Nope, they've played once before. Kremer won 6-4, 6-1 in Hobart last year

Sheddie · administrator

v disappointing stuff from Naomi, must have been nerves as she's a way better player than Minella.

Now we have to hope for a miracle in that Anne beats Kremer. There's a chance as Kremer was poor yesterday but so was Anne tbh even tho she won. Kremer is currently ranked 100 but has been to the top of the game with a career high of 18 back in 2002. She's mainly been competing in WTAs so far this year and qualified for the Aussie Open and knocked out the Dutch teenager Michaella Kraijcek in rd1 before losing a close match to eventual champion Serena Williams. Anne played her last year in WTA Hobart and lost 6-4, 6-1.

steven · Tennis legend

Oh dear, after our comments yesterday about it being silly to leave Naomi out and keep the more experienced girls in, it's a good job we don't pick the Fed Cup team!

It would be a bit silly if we lost to Luxembourg after all the good work against the Bulgarians. cry

-- Edited by steven at 12:22, 2007-04-19