(February 7, 2016) Sunday’s results for the 2016 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group and World Group II first round ties taking place on 6-7 February.
In the World Group semifinals, on 16-17 April, Switzerland will be at home to Czech Republic, while France will host Netherlands.
Australia, Belarus, Spain and USA, the four winners in World Group II, have qualified for the World Group play-offs on 16-17 April, where they will be joined by the four World Group first round losers, Italy, Germany, Romania and Russia.
Argentina, Belgium, Chinese Taipei and Ukraine, who all qualified from their respective Zone Group I events on Saturday, will contest the World Group II play-offs on 16-17 April, where they will be joined by the four World Group II losers, Canada, Serbia, Slovakia and Spain.
The draw for the World Group play-offs and World Group II play-offs will be held at the ITF offices in London on Tuesday 9 February at 12:00 GMT. The seeds will be based on the new Fed Cup Nations Ranking of Monday 8 February.
WORLD GROUP FIRST ROUND
CZECH REPUBLIC defeated ROMANIA 3-2
Venue: Sala Polivalenta Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, ROU (hard – indoor)
Karolina Pliskova (CZE) d. Simona Halep (ROU) 67(4) 64 62
Monica Niculescu (ROU) d. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 63 64
Simona Halep (ROU) d. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 64 36 63
Karolina Pliskova (CZE) d. Monica Niculescu (ROU) 64 46 63
Karolina Pliskova/Barbora Strycova (CZE) d. Andreea Mitu/Raluca Olaru (ROU) 62 63
SWITZERLAND defeated GERMANY 3-2
Venue: Leipziger Messe, Leipzig, GER (hard – indoor)
Belinda Bencic (SUI) d. Andrea Petkovic (GER) 63 64
Angelique Kerber (GER) d. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 61 63
Belinda Bencic (SUI) d. Angelique Kerber (GER) 76(4) 63
Annika Beck (GER) d. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 75 64
Martina Hingis/Belinda Bencic (SUI) d. Anna-Lena Groenefeld/Andrea Petkovic (GER) 63 62
FRANCE defeated ITALY 4-1
Venue: Palais des Sports de Marseille, Marseille, FRA (hard – indoor)
Camila Giorgi (ITA) d. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 16 64 61
Caroline Garcia (FRA) d. Sara Errani (ITA) 63 75
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) d. Sara Errani (ITA) 76(4) 61
Caroline Garcia (FRA) d. Camila Giorgi (ITA) 63 64
Caroline Garcia/Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) d. Martina Caregaro/Sara Errani (ITA) 60 61
NETHERLANDS defeated RUSSIA 3-1
Venue: Olympic Stadium, Moscow, RUS (hard – indoor)
Kiki Bertens (NED) d. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 63 64
Richel Hogenkamp (NED) d. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 76(4) 57 108
Kiki Bertens (NED) d. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 61 64
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) v Richel Hogenkamp (NED) – not played
Darya Kasatkina/Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) d. Cindy Burger/Arantxa Rus (NED) 60 62
WORLD GROUP II FIRST ROUND
AUSTRALIA defeated SLOVAKIA 3-2
Venue: Aegon Arena, National Tennis Centre, Bratislava, SVK (hard – indoor)
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) d. Arina Rodionova (AUS) 57 75 60
Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Jana Cepelova (SVK) 63 64
Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) 76(5) 75
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Kimberly Birrell (AUS) 63 61
Casey Dellacqua/Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Jana Cepelova/Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 57 61 62
BELARUS defeated CANADA 3-2
Venue: PEPS, Québec City, CAN (hard – indoor)
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) d. Francoise Abanda (CAN) 64 26 63
Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) d. Olga Govortsova (BLR) 62 62
Francoise Abanda (CAN) d. Olga Govortsova (BLR) 64 64
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) d. Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 64 64
Olga Govortsova/Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) d. Gabriela Dabrowski/Carol Zhao (CAN) 62 64
USA defeated POLAND 4-0
Venue: Holua Tennis Center, Kailua Kona, USA (hard – outdoor)
Sloane Stephens (USA) d. Magda Linette (POL) 62 64
Venus Williams (USA) d. Paula Kania (POL) 75 62
Venus Williams (USA) d. Magda Linette (POL) 61 62
Sloane Stephens (USA) v Paula Kania (POL) – not played
Bethanie Mattek-Sands/Coco Vandeweghe (USA) d. Klaudia Jans-Ignacik/Paula Kania (POL) 61 75
SPAIN defeated SERBIA 4-0
Venue: Kraljevo Sports Centre, Kraljevo, SRB (hard – indoor)
Garbine Muguruza (ESP) d. Ivana Jorovic (SRB) 63 61
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) d. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 64 62
Garbine Muguruza (ESP) d. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 63 64
Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) v Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) – not played
Lara Arruabarrena/Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) d. Ivana Jorovic/Nina Stojanovic (SRB) 46 76(6) [10-7]