Argentina fracasó en su intento de acceder al grupo II mundial al perder ante Ucrania por 5-0. En grupo mundial República Checa y Francia serán los protagonistas de la gran final.
WORLD GROUP SEMIFINALS
CZECH REPUBLIC defeated SWITZERLAND 3-2
Venue: Messe Luzern, Lucerne, SUI (hard – indoor)
Barbora Strycova (CZE) d. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 60 62
Viktorija Golubic (SUI) d. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 36 64 64
Karolina Pliskova (CZE) d. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 64 62
Viktorija Golubic (SUI) d. Barbora Strycova (CZE) 36 76(6) 61
Lucie Hradecka/Karolina Pliskova (CZE) d. Viktorija Golubic/Martina Hingis (SUI) 62 62
FRANCE defeated NETHERLANDS 3-2
Venue: Arena Loire, Trélazé, FRA (clay – indoor)
Kiki Bertens (NED) d. Caroline Garcia (FRA) 64 62
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) d. Richel Hogenkamp (NED) 62 64
Kiki Bertens (NED) d. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 75 64
Caroline Garcia (FRA) d. Arantxa Rus (NED) 63 64
Caroline Garcia/Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) d. Kiki Bertens/Richel Hogenkamp (NED) 46 63 63
WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS
BELARUS defeated RUSSIA 3-2
Venue: Small Sports Arena «Luzhniki», Moscow, RUS (clay – indoor)
Darya Kasatkina (RUS) d. Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) 63 36 61
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Margarita Gasparyan (RUS) 62 63
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Darya Kasatkina (RUS) 62 57 63
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) d. Margarita Gasparyan (RUS) 46 61 75
Darya Kasatkina/Elena Vesnina (RUS) d. Olga Govortsova/Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 64 62
SPAIN defeated ITALY 4-0
Venue: Club de Tennis Lleida, Lleida, ESP (clay – outdoor)
Garbine Muguruza (ESP) d. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 76(4) 60
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) d. Roberta Vinci (ITA) 61 61
Garbine Muguruza (ESP) d. Roberta Vinci (ITA) 62 62
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) v Francesca Schiavone (ITA) – not played
Anabel Medina Garrigues/Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) d. Karin Knapp/Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 11 ret.
GERMANY defeated ROMANIA 4-1
Venue: Sala Polivalenta Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, ROU (clay – indoor)
Angelique Kerber (GER) d. Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 62 63
Simona Halep (ROU) d. Andrea Petkovic (GER) 64 67(5) 64
Angelique Kerber (GER) d. Simona Halep (ROU) 62 62
Andrea Petkovic (GER) d. Monica Niculescu (ROU) 06 76(1) 63
Annika Beck/Julia Goerges (GER) d. Irina-Camelia Begu/Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) 67(5) 76(4) [10-7]
USA defeated AUSTRALIA 4-0
Venue: Pat Rafter Arena, Brisbane, AUS (clay – outdoor)
Madison Keys (USA) d. Daria Gavrilova (AUS) 64 62
Christina McHale (USA) d. Samantha Stosur (AUS) 36 61 75
Coco Vandeweghe (USA) d. Samantha Stosur (AUS) 26 75 64
Daria Gavrilova (AUS) v Christina McHale (USA) – not played
Bethanie Mattek-Sands/Coco Vandeweghe (USA) d. Daria Gavrilova/Arina Rodionova (AUS) 61 64
WORLD GROUP II PLAY-OFFS
BELGIUM defeated SERBIA 3-2
Venue: Aleksandar Nikolic Arena (Pionir Hall), Belgrade, SRB (clay – indoor)
Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) d. Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 64 76(8)
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. Jovana Jaksic (SRB) 75 60
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) 16 75 86
Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) d. Ivana Jorovic (SRB) 76(8) 64
Jovana Jaksic/Nina Stojanovic (SRB) d. Ysaline Bonaventure/An-Sophie Mestach (BEL) 46 60 [10-5]
SLOVAKIA defeated CANADA 3-2
Venue: AEGON Arena, Bratislava, SVK (clay – indoor)
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Francoise Abanda (CAN) 46 63 61
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) d. Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 64 46 64
Francoise Abanda (CAN) d. Jana Cepelova (SVK) 75 62
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 62 60
Sharon Fichman/Charlotte Robillard-Millette (CAN) d. Jana Cepelova/Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) 63 06 [10-8]
CHINESE TAIPEI defeated POLAND 4-1
Venue: OSiR Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa, Inowroclaw, POL (hard – indoor)
Hsu Ching-Wen (TPE) d. Paula Kania (POL) 63 64
Magdalena Frech (POL) d. Lee Ya-Hsuan (TPE) 46 60 62
Lee Ya-Hsuan (TPE) d. Paula Kania (POL) 26 63 97
Hsu Ching-Wen (TPE) d. Magdalena Frech (POL) 62 46 63
Chan Chin-Wei/Chuang Chia-Jung (TPE) d. Klaudia Jans-Ignacik/Katarzyna Kawa (POL) 62 76(1)
UKRAINE defeated ARGENTINA 4-0
Venue: Campa Tennis Club, Bucha, Kiev, UKR (hard – outdoor)
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) d. Maria Irigoyen (ARG) 61 61
Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) d. Nadia Podoroska (ARG) 61 64
Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) d. Maria Irigoyen (ARG) 60 63
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) v Nadia Podoroska (ARG) – not played
Kateryna Bondarenko/Olga Savchuk (UKR) d. Maria Lourdes Carle/Guadalupe Perez Rojas (ARG) 61 63
