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• Maria Sharapova on the Fed Cup scandal

  Published: July 27, 2007, 7:27 pm

  Tags: Fed Cup, Maria Sharapova, Misquoted, Shamil, Criticized, Invited, Tarpishchev, Country, Russian, Respect

  since she withdrew from the Fed Cup on two occasions in 2007; actually the 20-year-old is yet to make a Fed Cup appearance for her native country. Both times the highest-ranked Russian player pulled out because of injuries, but after the second withdrawal, which was at the last minute, Russian tennis officials accused her of putting her own

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• Favorite Russia seek win over Italy for third Fed Cup title

  Published: September 12, 2007, 12:41 pm

  Tags: Fed Cup, Italy, Captain, Tarpishchev, Shamil, Team, Italian, Careful, Capture

  favored to capture a third Fed Cup title in four years when they take on last year's surprise winners Italy in the Moscow final this weekend. Russian team have US Open 2007 finalist and semifinalist world number two Svetlana Kuznetsova and world number five Anna Chakvetadze will both play for their country. Italian team, on the other

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• List of all Fed Cup champions

  Published: September 12, 2007, 7:26 pm

  Tags: Fed Cup, Australia, Czechoslovakia, Spain, Germany, Britain, 1963, Beat, West

  a list of Fed Cup champions since the competition began in 1963. Country with most Fed Cup titles is the United States with seventeen, out of which seven were consecutive. Australia takes the second place with seven titles, while Spain and Czechoslovakia follow with five titles. 2006 Italy beat Belgium 3-2 2005 Russia beat France 3-2 2004

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• Maria Sharapova practices with Russia's Fed Cup team

  Published: September 13, 2007, 10:35 am

  Tags: Fed Cup, Maria Sharapova, Team, Wednesday, Citing, Luzhniki, Interestingly, Arena, Heavily, Relations

  practiced with Russia's Fed Cup team at the Luzhniki Arena in Moscow on Wednesday, even though she won't play in the September 15-16 final when her country takes on defending champion Italy. Sharapova's appearance Wednesday was seen as an attempt to improve frosty relations with the team. The 20-year-old still hasn't played for Russia

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• Russia takes 2-0 lead in Fed Cup final against Italy

  Published: September 15, 2007, 10:57 am

  Tags: Anna Chakvetadze, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Fed Cup, Mara, Santangelo, Schiavone, Francesca, Paribas, Holders, Lead, Italy

  holders Italy in the 2007 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas final. Chakvetadze earned a hard-fought 6-4 4-6 6-4 victory over Francesca Schiavone, while Kuznetsova completely dominated Mara Santangelo 6-1, 6-2. We will get a champion of the 2007 Fed Cup after the completion of the three more matches which are to take place during this weekend: Svetlana

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• Russia sweeps to 2007 Fed Cup title with Kuznetsova's win

  Published: September 16, 2007, 2:03 pm

  Tags: Svetlana Kuznetsova, Fed Cup, Italy, Lead, Francesca, Schiavone, Enjoyed, Reverse, Tiebreaker

  Russia won their third Fed Cup title in four years with the victory over last year's surprising champions Italy in the final at Moscow's Luzhniki arena. On Sunday, Svetlana Kuznetsova saved two match points in a second-set tiebreaker before beating Italy's Francesca Schiavone 4-6 7-6 7-5 in the first reverse singles and giving the

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• Why did Sharapova attend the Fed Cup final?

  Published: September 18, 2007, 5:42 am

  Tags: Fed Cup, Maria Sharapova, Olympics, Practice, Motives, Mates, Underlined, Questioned, Aren't, Enhance

  of Russia's winning Fed Cup team have questioned the motives of Maria Sharapova who attended the final against Italy to show her support. Maria Sharapova has never played Fed Cup for Russia, having had her injuries as a reason, but she has always underlined that she wants to play for her native country. But is Sharapova telling the

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• Anna Chakvetadze and the Fed Cup team awarded in Russia

  Published: November 18, 2007, 12:35 pm

  Tags: Anna Chakvetadze, Fed Cup, Team, Yeasterday, Allsport, Award, Pictures, Named, Russia, Visit

  Anna Chakvetadze was named the Female Tennis Player of 2007 yesterday at the National Tennis Awards ceremony in Russia, while the winning Russia Fed Cup team won the award the Team of 2007. For more pictures from this event visit AllSport.ru. Share This

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• Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Jankovic score victories for Serbia in Fed Cup

  Published: January 31, 2008, 5:23 pm

  Tags: Jelena Jankovic, Fed Cup, Ana Ivanovic, Victories, Urszula, Comfortably, Elder, Radwanska, Dismiss, Coaches, Serbia

  hence victory over Poland in Fed Cup. In an interview after her win, Ivanovic was asked whether she would play doubles with Jankovic at the Olympics. Ivanovic said that she would like to, and that the two of them would be likely to win the trophy. However, her coaches want her to focus on singles and their attitude probably won't change. Still,

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• Russia's Fed Cup team arrives in Israel for first round

  Published: January 29, 2008, 3:15 pm

  Tags: Fed Cup, Team, Israel, Tzipi, Keren, Glushko, Shlomo, Israeli, Versus

  conference ahead of their Fed Cup tie versus the host country's team. Australian Open champ Maria Sharapova, Anna Chakvetadze, Dinara Safina and Elena Vesnina play for Russia. World No. 17 Shahar Peer will lead the Israeli team this weekend, which also includes Tzipi Obziler, Keren Shlomo, and Julia Glushko. (via Down the Line) Share This

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• Sabine Lisicki stuns Lindsay Davenport in Fed Cup

  Published: February 2, 2008, 6:58 pm

  Tags: Lindsay Davenport, Fed Cup, Lisicki, Biggest, Sabine, 130th, Lindsay, Davenport, Teenager

  upsets in the history of Fed Cup defeating the former Wimbledon, US Open and Australian Open champion in straight sets. Previously, Davenport had won 25 of 27 singles matches in the team competition. "Lindsay is such a great champion and I just beat her," said excited Lisicki after the biggest victory of her career. "We're

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• Maria Sharapova wins in Fed Cup debut, Russia v Israel 1-1

  Published: February 2, 2008, 6:14 pm

  Tags: Fed Cup, Maria Sharapova, Nika, Ozegovic, Israel, Team, White, Shear, Practically, Stylish

  Maria Sharapova plays the Fed Cup. The truth is she practically had to give her shear for the Fed Cup because otherwise she would have been left off Russia's Olympic team. Anyway, defending champions Russia are in Israel now, playing against the home team, and currently the result is 1-1. Israel's No.1 tennis player Shahar Peer had given her

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• Serbia beat Romania in Fed Cup, but not without difficulty

  Published: February 1, 2008, 6:31 pm

  Tags: Jelena Jankovic, Fed Cup, Ana Ivanovic, Niculescu, Mihaela, Romania, Budapest, Sorana, Cirstea, Incident, Deciding

  over Romania today in Fed Cup in Budapest. Serbia was the favorite, having two top 5 players in their team, but the victory over Romania was hard fought. Doubles were deciding the winner, and all the three matches played were three-setters. Firstly, world No.2 Ana Ivanovic beat world No.150 Monica Niculescu 5-7, 6-4, 7-5. Then, Jelena

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• Russia beat Israel to reach Fed Cup semifinals

  Published: February 3, 2008, 6:18 pm

  Tags: Fed Cup, Obziler, Peer, Surprised, Israel, Defensive, Flat, Rubber

  beat Israel 4-1 to reach the Fed Cup semifinals which will be held in April. Russian world number seven Anna Chakvetadze secured the tie after seeing off Israel's Tzipi Obziler 6-4 6-2. Dinara Safina and Elena Vesnina completed the victory by beating Shahar Peer and Obziler in the dead doubles rubber 6-0 1-6 6-4. Earlier, Maria Sharapova

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• Croatia disappointed to face Serbia in Fed Cup

  Published: February 7, 2008, 8:33 am

  Tags: Jelena Jankovic, Fed Cup, Ana Ivanovic, Croatian, Croatia, Group, Tosic, Kostanic, 2009, Team, Strongest

  draw for the 2008 Fed Cup World Group and World Group II play-offs was announced and it was determined that Croatia will face Serbia in April's World Group II play-offs. Croatian captain Goran Prpic didn't hide his disappointment and said that that was the worst draw for them as Serbia currently has the strongest Fed Cup team in the world. If

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