Nelle semifinali del World Group (che si disputeranno il 21 e 22 aprile) la Germania ospiterà la Repubblica Ceca, mentre gli Stati Uniti voleranno in Francia. Italia, Australia, Romania e Slovacchia si sono invece qualificate per i playoff, dove affronteranno le quattro nazioni sconfitte nei quarti di finale: Bielorussia, Belgio, Olanda e Svizzera. Gran Bretagna, Giappone, Lettonia e Paraguay disputeranno invece i playoff del World Group II insieme a Canada, Spagna, Russia e Ucraina. Il sorteggio si terrà martedì 13 febbraio presso la sede dell’ITF a Londra.
WORLD GROUP FIRST ROUND
GERMANY defeated BELARUS 3-2
Venue: Chizhovka Arena, Minsk, BLR (hard – indoor)
Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) d. Tatjana Maria (GER) 46 61 62
Antonia Lottner (GER) d. Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) 75 64
Tatjana Maria (GER) d. Vera Lapko (BLR) 64 57 60
Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) d. Antonia Lottner (GER) 63 57 62
A.L. Groenefeld/T. Maria (GER) d. L. Marozava/A. Sabalenka (BLR) 67(4) 75 64
CZECH REPUBLIC defeated SWITZERLAND 3-1
Venue: O2 Arena, Prague, CZE (hard – indoor)
Petra Kvitova (CZE) d. Viktorija Golubic (SUI) 62 16 63
Barbora Strycova (CZE) d. Belinda Bencic (SUI) 62 64
Petra Kvitova (CZE) d. Belinda Bencic (SUI) 62 64
Barbora Strycova (CZE) v Viktorija Golubic (SUI) – not played
Timea Bacsinszky/Jil Teichmann (SUI) d. Lucie Safarova/Barbora Strycova (CZE) 16 64 [10-8]
FRANCE defeated BELGIUM 3-2
Venue: Vendéspace, LA ROCHE SUR YON, FRA (hard – indoor)
Elise Mertens (BEL) d. Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 62 61
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) d. Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 62 64
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) d. Elise Mertens (BEL) 64 64
Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) d. Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 61 63
Amandine Hesse/Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) d. Kirsten Flipkens/Elise Mertens (BEL) 64 26 62
USA defeated NETHERLANDS 3-1
Venue: US Cellular Arena, Asheville, USA (hard – indoor)
Venus Williams (USA) d. Arantxa Rus (NED) 61 64
Coco Vandeweghe (USA) d. Richel Hogenkamp (NED) 46 76(6) 63
Venus Williams (USA) d. Richel Hogenkamp (NED) 75 61
Coco Vandeweghe (USA) v Arantxa Rus (NED) – not played
Lesley Kerkhove/Demi Schuurs (NED) d. Serena Williams/Venus Williams (USA) 62 63
WORLD GROUP II FIRST ROUND
SLOVAKIA defeated RUSSIA 4-1
Venue: AEGON Arena, Bratislava, SVK (hard – indoor)
Natalia Vikhlyantseva (RUS) d. Viktoria Kuzmova (SVK) 64 62
Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d. Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) 57 63 64
Jana Cepelova (SVK) d. Natalia Vikhlyantseva (RUS) 64 64
Viktoria Kuzmova (SVK) d. Anastasia Potapova (RUS) 36 63 64
J. Cepelova/A.K. Schmiedlova (SVK) d. A.Kalinskaya/V. Kudermetova (RUS) 63 62
AUSTRALIA defeated UKRAINE 3-2
Venue: Canberra Tennis Centre, Canberra, AUS (grass – outdoor)
Ashleigh Barty (AUS) d. Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) 46 61 64
Marta Kostyuk (UKR) d. Daria Gavrilova (AUS) 76(3) 63
Ashleigh Barty (AUS) d. Marta Kostyuk (UKR) 62 63
Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) d. Daria Gavrilova (AUS) 46 62 63
Ashleigh Barty/Casey Dellacqua (AUS) d. Lyudmyla Kichenok/Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) 63 64
ROMANIA defeated CANADA 3-1
Venue: Sala Polivalenta Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, ROU (hard – indoor)
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) d. Carol Zhao (CAN) 62 62
Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) d. Bianca Andreescu (CAN) 63 67(4) 62
Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) d. Katherine Sebov (CAN) 62 64
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) v Bianca Andreescu (CAN) – not played
Gabriela Dabrowski/Carol Zhao (CAN) d. Ana Bogdan/Raluca Olaru (ROU) 46 61 [10-6]
ITALY defeated SPAIN 3-2
Venue: Pala Tricalle “Sandro Leombroni”, Chieti, ITA (clay – indoor)
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) d. Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 62 63
Sara Errani (ITA) d. Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) 61 61
Sara Errani (ITA) d. Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 63 36 63
Deborah Chiesa (ITA) d. Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) 64 26 76(7)
G. Garcia-Perez/M.J. Martinez Sanchez (ESP) d. E. Cocciaretto/J. Paolini (ITA) 64 63
