Fed Cup 2010: Europe/Africa Zone Group 1

djlovesyou · Strong Club Player

RE: Fed Cup 2010: Europe/Africa Zone Group 1

DavidC · Tennis legend

In the first match v Netherlands Anne has come from 1-4 down in the first set against Chayenne Ewijk, failing to serve it out at 5-4 and 6-5, but then taking the tiebreak 7-5.

Katie will play the top singles

Tutu · Club Coach

Go on Anne!

DavidC · Tennis legend

Anne went down an early break but recovered to take the second set and the match 7-6(5) 6-3.

Next up Katie against Arantxa Rus, who surprisingly hammered Shahar Peer yesterday.

DavidC · Tennis legend

Arantxa Rus was a break up 3 times in the first set, and on the final occasion converts to take the first set 7-5

DavidC · Tennis legend

Katie raced to a 5-0 lead in set 2, but lost the next 3 games (including a couple of set points. Eventually she served out for 6-3

DavidC · Tennis legend

Katie went 5-1 down in set 3, saved matchpoints at 5-1 and 5-2, pulled back to 5-4 only to lose on the 5th matchpoint

GSM Rus 7-5 3-6 6-4

Shame for Katie as all her previous Fed Cup singles matches have been against players considerably better (lost) or considerably worse (won) and this was the opportunity to show she could beat a similar level opponent in Fed Cup

DavidC · Tennis legend

Another puzzling selection pairs Katie with Sarah, and they have lost the first set to Thyssen/Hogenkamp 6-2. Perhaps Nigel Sears wants to see Sarah play with all possible partners for future reference.

DavidC · Tennis legend

Unsurprisingly the scratch pairing lost 6-2 6-4 to give Netherlands a 2-1 victory

DavidC · Tennis legend

Austria were surprisingly trounced by Sweden in the play-offs (both Mayr and Bammer only securing a handful of games against Larsson and Arvidsson)