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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 部分中譯新聞: 澳洲No.1退出聯合會杯 斯托瑟全力備戰紅土賽季 2011-04-06 15:20:12　來源: 網易體育 “我很喜歡代表澳大利亞，不過很難把它優先安排到我的比賽日程中，對我來說專注于紅 土賽季顯得極其重要，為法網做好最充足的準備。”當地時間週三，斯托瑟通過澳大利亞 網協發表聲明說。 網易體育4月6日報導： 排名世界第六(還在第五啦 > <)的薩姆-斯托瑟決定退出聯合會杯世界組的複賽，不代表 澳大利亞參加與烏克蘭隊的比賽，以便全力備戰即將開始的紅土賽季。 斯托瑟在今年2月份曾代表澳大利亞參加聯合會杯世界組的第一輪比賽，對手是衛冕冠軍 義大利隊，斯托瑟輸掉了兩場單打比賽，澳大利亞隊最終以1-4不敵衛冕冠軍，不得不參 加附加賽。斯托瑟認為，現在備戰法網是她更重要的任務。 “我很喜歡代表澳大利亞，不過很難把它優先安排到我的比賽日程中，對我來說專注于紅 土賽季顯得極其重要，為法網做好最充足的準備。”當地時間週三，斯托瑟通過澳大利亞 網協發表聲明說。 斯托瑟在去年職業生涯首次闖進法網決賽，但最終不敵義大利老將斯奇亞沃尼獲得亞軍。 今年，她希望能在羅蘭加洛斯圓夢。 4月16至17日，澳大利亞將在主場迎戰義大利烏克蘭隊，她們的陣容是世界排名第29位的 格羅斯、排名第64位的多克奇、排名74位的羅迪歐諾娃和第124位的弗格森。澳大利亞隊 和烏克蘭隊曾交手兩次，各有勝負，其中澳大利亞隊在去年以5-0血洗烏克蘭隊，自2004 年以來首次闖進世界組。 “顯然，我們對我們的No.1選手斯托瑟不能回國參加這場附加賽而感到遺憾，但是我們尊 重她的選擇，我十分信任其他的姑娘能把我們帶回前八。”澳大利亞聯合會杯隊主教練大 衛-泰勒說。 下週末參加世界組附加賽的球隊還有德國VS美國，西班牙VS法國，斯洛伐克VS塞爾維亞。 (本文來源：網易體育 作者：義君) http://tinyurl.com/424mf2h --

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