Posts Tagged fed cup
sunday survey: birmingham or bust?
Posted by CronicaSportiva in Tennis on 21/02/2010
This last week, the USTA announced that Birmingham, Ala., will host the Fed Cup semifinal tie between the U.S. and Russia in late April. While I’ve never been to Birmingham, I’m sure it’s got plenty of Southern charm and warmth – exhibited first-hand by this caboose downtown in the historic district. But does a town [...]
jelena jankovic’s fed cup garb
Posted by CronicaSportiva in Tennis on 09/02/2010
Our hats are off to Jelena Jankovic and the folks at ANTA for producing one of the better Fed Cup outfits of 2010 so far. (I know Nick wasn’t really a fan, but I will stick to my guns!) She and the rest of the Serbian gals couldn’t fight off the hard-hitting Russians in this [...]
sam stosur’s patriotic glasses
Posted by CronicaSportiva in Tennis on 09/02/2010
We’re all about Samantha Stosur’s patriotic Oakley glasses, which show off Australia’s national sporting colors. Sam helped her country defeat Spain 3-2 in the 2010 Fed Cup World Group II first round by winning both her singles rubbers and the doubles with partner Renae Stubbs. Further reading: Read the Fed Cup write-up about the tie [...]
ivanovic gets tenure, loses fed cup rubbers
Posted by CronicaSportiva in Tennis on 09/02/2010
I know it’s turning out to be a heavy flow day from adidas, but we have one more bit…
Silver lining: In the wake of her dismal Fed Cup performance against Russia (which saw her lose both singles rubbers and the doubles rubber), Ana Ivanovic can take a breather after an announcement today that she’ll extended [...]
for flavia, a logo finally emerges
Posted by CronicaSportiva in Tennis on 09/02/2010
Flavia Pennetta and the rest of the Italian girls swept past Fed Cup Team Ukraine at this weekend’s tie in Kharkiv. (The only point to the Ukranians came during Alona Bondarenko’s win over Francesca Schiavone.)
After a logo-less January, which saw Flavia wearing purple and white at the Australian Open, she emerged for the Fed Cup [...]
sunday survey: fed cup madness
Posted by CronicaSportiva in Tennis on 08/02/2010
It was a wild weekend on the Fed Cup front as Melanie Oudin led the American charge in a 4-1 upset over France. Bethanie Mattek Sands contributed the biggest W for team USA, charging back from a first-set deficit to defeat the tough Alize Cornet in the opening rubber.
The US will now take on Russia, [...]
Fed Cup Open Thread
Posted by CronicaSportiva in Tennis on 06/02/2010
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From left, United States tennis players Christina McHale, Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Melanie Oudin before their Fed Cup World Group first round tennis match in Lievin, northern France, Saturday Feb. 6, 2010.
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FRANCE v USA
Venue: Stade Couvert Regional Lievin, Lievin, FRA (clay – indoors)
France
Alize Cornet
Julie Coin
Pauline Parmentier
Stephanie Cohen-Aloro
Captain: Nicolas Escude
USA
Melanie Oudin
Shenay Perry
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Liezel Huber
Captain: Mary Joe Fernandez
UKRAINE v ITALY
Venue: Palace of Sports “Lokomotiv”, Kharkiv, UKR (hard – indoors)
Ukraine
Alona Bondarenko
Kateryna Bondarenko
Viktoria Kutuzova
Mariya Koryttseva
Captain: Vlodymyr Bogdanov
Italy
Flavia Pennetta
Francesca Schiavone
Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci
Captain: Corrado Barazzutti
CZECH REPUBLIC v GERMANY
Venue: Brno Exhibition Centre (Hall B), Brno, CZE (hard – indoors)
Czech Republic
Lucie Safarova
Lucie Hradecka
Petra Kvitova
Kveta Peschke
Captain: Petr Pala
Germany
Andrea Petkovic
Anna-Lena Groenefeld
Tatjana Malek
Kristina Barrois
Captain: Barbara Rittner
SERBIA v RUSSIA
Venue: Belgrade Arena, Belgrade, SRB (hard – indoors)
Serbia
Jelena Jankovic
Ana Ivanovic
Bojana Jovanovski
Ana Jovanovic
Captain: Dejan Vranes
Russia
Alisa Kleybanova
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Vera Dushevina
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Captain: Shamil Tarpischev
alize cornet’s fed cup warm up jacket
Posted by CronicaSportiva in Tennis on 06/02/2010
A cute pic of Alize Cornet as she gets ready to play in this weekend’s Fed Cup tie against the United States. She’ll play the tie’s first rubber (against Bethanie Mattek-Sands). The varsity lettering on the french warmup jackets are cuuute.
In Melbourne, Cornet bageled 17th-seed Francesca Schiavone before losing 6-0, 5-7, 0-6. Ouch. At least [...]
fed cup 2010 – first round
Posted by CronicaSportiva in Tennis on 05/02/2010
That’s Bojana Jovanovski, Ana Jovanovic, captain Dejan Vranes, Jelena Jankovic, and Ana Ivanovic at the official Fed Cup dinner on the eve of the tie between Serbia and Russia. As you can see from the schedule below, the headcase Ivanovic will go up against Svetlana Kuznetsova first, and then Jelena, whose back injury could hamper [...]
oudin’s chance to bounce back
Posted by CronicaSportiva in Tennis on 30/01/2010
Melanie Oudin has been on our mind lately. First, she was one of the big stories at the 2009 U.S. Open, where her pink “Believe” adidas shoes look dangerously close to our own version of the custom-designed Barricades. And after a dismal post-Open slump that saw her go 1-6 (including an early loss at the [...]
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