The Serbian team at the official dinner Slike Srbija će u sredu protiv Austrije igrati prvi duel Grupe A Prve grupe Evro-afričke zone, u kojoj će pokušati da izbori plasman u plej-of za popunu Svetske grupe B.
"Devojke su raspoložene i mislim da imamo velike šanse. Uz malo sportske sreće i borbu na terenu, nadamo se da ćemo pobediti", rekla je Ječmenica uoči duela u Budimpešti.
Duel sa Austrijom počeće u 16.00, a Srbiju će predstvaljati Aleksandra Krunić i Ivana Jorović. Pored Krunićeve i Jorovićeve, u srpskoj ekipi su još Doroteja Erić i Vojislava Lukić.
Na takmičenju u Budimpešti učestvuje 16 timova, a Srbija će se pored Austrije sastati i sa domaćinom Mađjarskom.
Prvoplasirani iz Grupe A plasiraće se u baraž, koji će se igrati u subotu, 7. februara, a pobednik tog duela igraće u plej-ofu za popunu Svetske grupe, koji je na programu 18. i 19. aprila.
Finally we have Europe/Africa Zone Group I.
Group A: Serbia, Hungary, Austria.
Group B: Great Britain, Ukraine, Turkey, Liechtenstein...
Group C: Belarus, Portugal, Bulgaria, Georgia and
Group D: Belgium, Croatia, Israel, Latvia
In the Europe/Africa I play-offs, the winner of Group A plays the winner of Group D and the winner of Group B plays the winner of Group C
Sestre Vilijams i Kizova ce igrati, Simona, Aga i sestra Ula takodje. Nemice su sve tu
Kvitova i Lusi ne igraju protiv Kanade ali i Busar ne igra
TEBBUTT: It was a big blow to the Canadian Fed Cup team when it was announced on Monday that Genie Bouchard will not be on the team as it makes its first appearance in the eight-nation Group I of the competition against Czech Republic beginning on Saturday (TV on Sportsnet One) in Quebec City.
It is understandable that top players from time to time do not play for their country in Fed Cup or Davis Cup. The two best Czech players – Petra Kvitova and Lucie Safarova – are skipping this weekend even though they led their nation to its third Fed Cup title in four years last November.
Many top players, starting with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, have been selective about when they play.
Bouchard helped Canada defeat the Serbs and the Slovaks last February and April to reach the top group. But there was a cost, particularly after the win in February in Montreal. She went directly to Doha and lost first round to No. 42-ranked Bethanie Mattek-Sands, and then went on to Dubai where she lost in the third round of qualifying to No. 50 Annika Beck. That may even have carried over to Acapulco a few weeks later when she was beaten by No. 89 Caroline Garcia.
But what was disappointing was Bouchard’s reaction when asked if she would play Fed Cup after her loss to Maria Sharapova last week at the Australian Open.
With a complicit smile on her face, she turned toward her agent, Jill Smoller (also Serena Williams’ agent) and answered in a glib manner (transcript below).
Q. You'll be going back to somewhere cold and dark: Canada. Are you looking forward to Fed Cup?
EUGENIE BOUCHARD: Well, I don't know if I'm playing or not. Am I playing, Jill? Well, I'm going to go visit the family, that's for sure. Take some time off, rest the body a bit.
Q. Why would you not play?
EUGENIE BOUCHARD: That's something I was going to decide after the tournament. You know, my tournament ended like half an hour ago, so I'm still going to talk to my team and make the best decision.
So Bouchard will not be available. It’s too bad, but it would have been made more acceptable if she had genuinely expressed some regret and/or offered a more complete explanation.
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