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**Nutpoode** · 01-26-2011, 05:02 PM

WORLD GROUP FIRST ROUND

BELGIUM v USA
Venue: Sportpaleis Antwerp, Antwerp, BEL (hard – indoors)

Belgium
Kim Clijsters
Justine Henin
Yanina Wickmayer
Kirsten Flipkens
Captain: Sabine Appelmans

USA
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Melanie Oudin
Vania King
Liezel Huber
Captain: Mary Joe Fernandez

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WORLD GROUP II FIRST ROUND

SERBIA v CANADA
Venue: Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad, SRB (hard – indoors)

Serbia
Bojana Jovanovski
Ana Jovanovic
Alexsandra Krunic
Tamara Curovic
Captain: Dejan Vranes

Canada
Rebecca Marino
Aleksandra Wozniak
Stephanie Dubois
Marie-Eve Pelletier
Captain: Sylvain Bruneau

With Henin's retirement, this becomes a tiny bit easier for the US. I thought I read somewhere this morning that Kim is also questionable. In which case the US's doubles strength could be the deciding factor.

Canada could have a chance here. Only one Serb above the top 400 (more or less). Not that Canada has any top 100 (okay, top 85) players, either. Wozniak is just coming back from a four-month injury layoff, and was terrible (hopefully just due to effect of the injury) for quite a while before that. Marino-Jovanovski is the critical matchup here.

01-26-2011, 05:02 PM	#24
Nutpoode Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 469 Senior Member	WORLD GROUP FIRST ROUND BELGIUM v USA Venue: Sportpaleis Antwerp, Antwerp, BEL (hard – indoors) Belgium Kim Clijsters Justine Henin Yanina Wickmayer Kirsten Flipkens Captain: Sabine Appelmans USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands Melanie Oudin Vania King Liezel Huber Captain: Mary Joe Fernandez ...... WORLD GROUP II FIRST ROUND SERBIA v CANADA Venue: Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad, SRB (hard – indoors) Serbia Bojana Jovanovski Ana Jovanovic Alexsandra Krunic Tamara Curovic Captain: Dejan Vranes Canada Rebecca Marino Aleksandra Wozniak Stephanie Dubois Marie-Eve Pelletier Captain: Sylvain Bruneau With Henin's retirement, this becomes a tiny bit easier for the US. I thought I read somewhere this morning that Kim is also questionable. In which case the US's doubles strength could be the deciding factor. Canada could have a chance here. Only one Serb above the top 400 (more or less). Not that Canada has any top 100 (okay, top 85) players, either. Wozniak is just coming back from a four-month injury layoff, and was terrible (hopefully just due to effect of the injury) for quite a while before that. Marino-Jovanovski is the critical matchup here.
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