Australia names Fed Cup team Melbourne, 06 April 2011 | tennis.com.au Jarmila Groth (No.29), Jelena Dokic (No.64), Anastasia Rodionova (No.74) and Sophie Ferguson (No.124) will represent Australia in the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Play-off tie against Ukraine on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 April 2011. Samantha Stosur will miss the tie, which will be held at Glen Iris Valley Recreation Club, Mount Waverley, to better prepare for the clay-court season. Announced today, Australian Fed Cup Captain, David Taylor said he has a strong line-up to take on Ukraine. “We are obviously disappointed that our No.1 player, Sam, will not be coming home for this tie but we respect her decision and I have faith in the other girls to get us back to the elite eight,” Taylor said. “Jarmila, Jelena and Anastasia are all in the top 100 players and Sophie also has the potential to also break into the top 100 women with a few strong performances. “Jelena has made a remarkable start to 2011 with a WTA title win in Kuala Lumpur, her first since 2002 and a quarterfinal appearance in Paris where she lost to Kim Clijsters. “She is also a proven Fed Cup performer, with a 13-3 win-loss record; and Jarmila and Anastasia have had amazing Fed Cup debuts beating much higher ranked players – Jarmila over Italian Francesca Schiavone last February in Hobart and Anastasia over Alona Bondarenko this time last year in Ukraine. “Sophie, who will be representing the Fed Cup team for the first time since 2005, recorded a career high of No.109 in July last year and her favourite surface is clay. She made her best ever Grand Slam result at the French Open when she qualified and made the second round last year . “We have a lot of depth in the women’s team and with all four girls capable of strong performances Nicole [Bradtke] and I have some hard decisions to make leading into the tie. “With Sam absent is it a real opportunity for someone to step-up and lead the team. She has helped us get to this point but now there is the opportunity for someone else to fill this space. “The Ukraine team are never an easy opponent and I expect them to come out fighting but the Australian girls have worked really hard to get into the World Group and I know they are keen to prove they belong there. It should be a great tie.” Samantha Stosur said it has been a really tough decision to not play with the girls next week. “I love representing Australia and it has been difficult to prioritise my immediate schedule. But it is extremely important to me to focus on the clay-court season and get the best possible preparation for the French Open.” “I am confident though that we will still field a very strong team for this tie given the depth of talent we are developing in women’s tennis in Australia.” The Australia team played Ukraine at this point in the competition last year with Stosur, Rodionova, Alicia Molik and Rennae Stubbs claiming victory 5-0. Both teams will be fighting to return to the World Group with their head-to-head record currently tied at 1-1. This will be the first time that Melbourne has hosted a Fed Cup tie since 1988 and the first time Australia has hosted a Fed Cup tie on clay. http://tinyurl.com/428lpy5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 部分中译新闻: 澳洲No.1退出联合会杯 斯托瑟全力备战红土赛季 2011-04-06 15:20:12　来源: 网易体育 “我很喜欢代表澳大利亚，不过很难把它优先安排到我的比赛日程中，对我来说专注于红 土赛季显得极其重要，为法网做好最充足的准备。”当地时间周三，斯托瑟通过澳大利亚 网协发表声明说。 网易体育4月6日报导： 排名世界第六(还在第五啦 > <)的萨姆-斯托瑟决定退出联合会杯世界组的复赛，不代表 澳大利亚参加与乌克兰队的比赛，以便全力备战即将开始的红土赛季。 斯托瑟在今年2月份曾代表澳大利亚参加联合会杯世界组的第一轮比赛，对手是卫冕冠军 义大利队，斯托瑟输掉了两场单打比赛，澳大利亚队最终以1-4不敌卫冕冠军，不得不参 加附加赛。斯托瑟认为，现在备战法网是她更重要的任务。 “我很喜欢代表澳大利亚，不过很难把它优先安排到我的比赛日程中，对我来说专注于红 土赛季显得极其重要，为法网做好最充足的准备。”当地时间周三，斯托瑟通过澳大利亚 网协发表声明说。 斯托瑟在去年职业生涯首次闯进法网决赛，但最终不敌义大利老将斯奇亚沃尼获得亚军。 今年，她希望能在罗兰加洛斯圆梦。 4月16至17日，澳大利亚将在主场迎战义大利乌克兰队，她们的阵容是世界排名第29位的 格罗斯、排名第64位的多克奇、排名74位的罗迪欧诺娃和第124位的弗格森。澳大利亚队 和乌克兰队曾交手两次，各有胜负，其中澳大利亚队在去年以5-0血洗乌克兰队，自2004 年以来首次闯进世界组。 “显然，我们对我们的No.1选手斯托瑟不能回国参加这场附加赛而感到遗憾，但是我们尊 重她的选择，我十分信任其他的姑娘能把我们带回前八。”澳大利亚联合会杯队主教练大 卫-泰勒说。 下周末参加世界组附加赛的球队还有德国VS美国，西班牙VS法国，斯洛伐克VS塞尔维亚。 (本文来源：网易体育 作者：义君) http://tinyurl.com/424mf2h --

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