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The ITF has announced the team nominations for the 2009 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group and World Group II first round ties to be played on 7-8 February.

FIRST ROUND

RUSSIA v CHINA, P.R.
Venue: Olympic Stadium, Moscow, RUS (hard – indoors)

Russia
Elena Dementieva
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Anna Chakvetadze
Alisa Kleybanova
Captain: Shamil Tarpischev

China, P.R.
Jie Zheng
Zi Yan
Shuai Zhang
Tian-Tian Sun
Captain: Qi Zhang

FRANCE v ITALY
Venue: Palais Des Sports, Orleans, FRA (hard – indoors)

France
Alize Cornet
Amelie Mauresmo
Nathalie Dechy
Severine Bremond
Captain: Nicolas Escude

Italy
Francesca Schiavone
Flavia Pennetta
Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci
Captain: Corrado Barazzutti

USA v ARGENTINA
Venue: Surprise Racketball & Tennis Complex, Surprise, AZ, USA (hard – outdoors)

USA
Bethanie Mattek
Jill Craybas
Melanie Oudin
Liezel Huber
Captain: Mary-Joe Fernandez

Argentina
Gisela Dulko
Betina Jozami
Soledad Esperon
Aranza Salut
Captain: Ricardo Rivera

CZECH REPUBLIC v SPAIN
Venue: Brno Exhibition Centre, Brno, CZE (carpet – indoors)

Czech Republic
Iveta Benesova
Petra Kvitova
Lucie Safarova
Kveta Peschke
Captain: Petr Pala

Spain
Carla Suarez Navarro
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Maria-Jose Martinez Sanchez
Lourdes Dominguez-Lino
Captain: Miguel Margets Lobato

WORLD GROUP II FIRST ROUND

SLOVAK REPUBLIC v BELGIUM
Venue: Sibamac Arena, Bratislava, SVK (hard – indoors)

Slovak Republic
Dominika Cibulkova
Daniela Hantuchova
Magdalena Rybarikova
Lenka Wienerova
Captain: Matej Liptak

Belgium
Yanina Wickmayer
Kirsten Flipkens
Tamaryn Hendler
Sofie Oyen
Captain: Sabine Appelmans

SWITZERLAND v GERMANY
Venue: Saalsporthalle, Zurich, SUI (hard – indoors)

Switzerland
Patty Schnyder
Timea Bacsinszky
Stefanie Voegele
Nicole Riner
Captain: Severin Luthi

Germany
Sabine Lisicki
Anna-Lena Groenefeld
Kristina Barrois
Tatjana Malek
Captain: Barbara Rittner

SERBIA v JAPAN
Venue: Belgrade Arena, Belgrade, SRB (hard – indoors)

Serbia
Jelena Jankovic
Ana Ivanovic
Ana Jovanovic
Bojana Jovanovski
Captain: Dejan Vranes

Japan
Ai Sugiyama
Ayumi Morita
Aiko Nakamura
Rika Fujiwara
Captain: Minoru Ueda

UKRAINE v ISRAEL
Venue: Palace of Sports “Lokomotiv”, Kharkiv, UKR (hard – indoors)

Ukraine
Alona Bondarenko
Kateryna Bondarenko
Mariya Koryttseva
Olga Savchuk
Captain: Volodymyr Bogdanov

Israel
Shahar Peer
Tzipora Obziler
Julia Glushko
Chen Astrogo
Captain: Lior Mor