Fed Cup 2016 - Europe/Africa Group 1

paulisi · Tennis legend

RE: Fed Cup 2016 - Europe/Africa Group 1

DF · Tennis legend

Still need a clean sheet. Need the doubles to win.

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Not the most convincing scoreline, but Heather took control at the end of both sets and it was pretty comfortable.

Jan · Hall of fame

Well done Heather.

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Yeah, well done Heather :D
Whilst not essential to get the clean sweep (the match against Georgia has become winner takes all), it would be nice practice to do so; therefore GL JossAnna :)

indiana · Tennis legend

Yay, good stuff

While it would be nice to win the doubles today, and they certainly should win it, it overall won't matter. The winner of the group will be the winner of the GB vs Georgia tie.

Edit : as basically just said

-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 4th of February 2016 10:56:34 AM

wimdledont · Challenger level

Winners of GBvGeorgia to play the winners of BelgiumvBulgaria on Saturday.

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

A slow start from Joss/Anna quickly recovered (0-2 to 3-2). Nice to be in a position where they can play with nothing on the match at all, ahead of Friday and Saturday's ties where they will probably be in at least one deciding doubles.

wimdledont · Challenger level

They won 6-3,6-2.

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

JossAnna win the dubs 6-3, 6-2 :D

Nicely done today; good luck tomorrow everyone :)

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Good, ruthless 3-0 win under their belts, so everyone contributed already,and no sets dropped.
Nicely done ladies; more tomorrow, I'm sure.

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Tomorrow will be a tougher challenge. Heather should definitely win but the other matches won't be certainties. After today, I'm looking forward to seeing how Katie gets on against stiffer opposition.

paulisi · Tennis legend

I'm not sure who is the fourth Belgium player, but they have Bonaventure and Van Uytvanck playing singles and Mestach playing doubles with Bonaventure. So in theory they have a stronger team at both singles and doubles in terms of rankings.

Bulgaria - Pironkova and Kostova play singles and Evtimova and Shinikova play doubles.

Belgium should come through this comfortably and it will be really difficult if we beat Georgia to progress any further. With Joko in singles I would have had us favourite.

Jan · Hall of fame

Well done girls.

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Heather: "The important thing today was coming through not playing my best. My opponent had a very unusual game style playing very short and leftie. Definitely wasn't used to the slower pace and not having played a match in a while. I was glad that I won and Katie did too. Hopefully it will be better tomorrow."

Short sound clips from Katie and Jossanna, here: www.fedcup.com/en/news/222584.aspx
Summary: they're happy