Russia e R.Ceca con un piede in finale, tutti pareggi nei play-off del World Group, solo in Giappone invece parità in quelli del World Group II
WORLD GROUP SEMIFINALS
CZECH REPUBLIC leads FRANCE 2-0
Venue: Cez Arena, Ostrava, CZE (hard – indoors)
Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. Caroline Garcia (FRA) 46 76(1) 61
Petra Kvitova (CZE) d. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 63 64
Petra Kvitova (CZE) v Caroline Garcia (FRA)
Lucie Safarova (CZE) v Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)
Karolina Pliskova/Barbora Strycova (CZE) v Alize Cornet/Pauline Parmentier (FRA)
RUSSIA leads GERMANY 2-0
Venue: Adler Arena, Sochi, RUS (clay – indoors)
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. Julia Goerges (GER) 64 64
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d. Sabine Lisicki (GER) 46 76(4) 63
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) v Sabine Lisicki (GER)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) v Julia Goerges (GER)
Elena Vesnina/Vera Zvonareva (RUS) v Angelique Kerber/Andrea Petkovic (GER)
WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS
ITALY level with USA 1-1
Venue: Circolo Tennis Brindisi, Brindisi, ITA (clay – outdoors)
Serena Williams (USA) d. Camila Giorgi (ITA) 76(5) 62
Sara Errani (ITA) d. Lauren Davis (USA) 61 62
Sara Errani (ITA) v Serena Williams (USA)
Camila Giorgi (ITA) v Lauren Davis (USA)
Karin Knapp/Flavia Pennetta (ITA) v Christina McHale/Alison Riske (USA)
NETHERLANDS level with AUSTRALIA 1-1
Venue: Maaspoort Sports & Events, ’s-Hertogenbosch, NED (clay – indoors)
Kiki Bertens (NED) d. Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) 61 63
Casey Dellacqua (AUS) d. Arantxa Rus (NED) 75 63
Kiki Bertens (NED) v Casey Dellacqua (AUS)
Arantxa Rus (NED) v Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS)
Richel Hogenkamp/Michaella Krajicek (NED) v Casey Dellacqua/Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS)
POLAND level with SWITZERLAND 1-1
Venue: Centrum Rekreacyjno Sportowe, Zielona Gora, POL (hard – indoors)
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Martina Hingis (SUI) 64 60
Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) d. Urszula Radwanska (POL) 62 61
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) v Timea Bacsinszky (SUI)
Urszula Radwanska (POL) v Martina Hingis (SUI)
Klaudia Jans-Ignacik/Alicja Rosolska (POL) v Timea Bacsinszky (SUI)/Martina Hingis (SUI)
CANADA level with ROMANIA 1-1
Venue: Arena Maurice Richard, Montreal, CAN (hard – indoors)
Francoise Abanda (CAN) d. Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 46 75 64
Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) d. Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 64 64
Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) v Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)
Francoise Abanda (CAN) v Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU)
Gabriela Dabrowski/Sharon Fichman (CAN) v Andreea Mitu/Raluca Olaru (ROU)
WORLD GROUP II PLAY-OFFS
SERBIA leads PARAGUAY 2-0
Venue: Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad, SRB (hard – indoors)
Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) d. Veronica Cepede Royg (PAR) 61 63
Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. Montserrat Gonzalez (PAR) 62 60
Ana Ivanovic (SRB) v Veronica Cepede Royg (PAR)
Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) v Montserrat Gonzalez (PAR)
Jelena Jankovic/Ivana Jorovic (SRB) v Veronica Cepede Royg/Montserrat Gonzalez (PAR)
SLOVAKIA leads SWEDEN 2-0
Venue: Aegon Arena National Tennis Centre, Bratislava, SVK (clay – indoors)
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) d. Rebecca Peterson (SWE) 63 63
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. Susanne Celik (SWE) 62 60
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) v Susanne Celik (SWE)
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) v Rebecca Peterson (SWE)
Jana Cepelova/Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) v Ellen Allgurin/Cornelia Lister (SWE)
JAPAN level with BELARUS 1-1
Venue: Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, JPN (hard – indoors)
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Misaki Doi (JPN) 61 62
Kurumi Nara (JPN) d. Olga Govortsova (BLR) 64 46 62
Kurumi Nara (JPN) v Victoria Azarenka (BLR)
Misaki Doi (JPN) v Olga Govortsova (BLR)
Shuko Aoyama/Ayumi Morita (JPN) v Vera Lapko/Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR)
SPAIN leads ARGENTINA 2-0
Venue: Tecnopolis, Buenos Aires, ARG (clay – outdoors)
Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) d. Paula Ormaechea (ARG) 46 76(2) 61
Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) d. Maria Irigoyen (ARG) 60 61
Paula Ormaechea (ARG) v Lara Arruabarrena (ESP)
Maria Irigoyen (ARG) v Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP)
Tatiana Bua/Nadia Podoroska (ARG) v Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov/Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)
