EDavis Cup and Fed Cup qualifiers is just a rare opportunity now again to see players in home and away ties. Especially in the Davis Cup qualifiers this weekend there was an element of top players missing but it was about those who at the different levels of Fed Cup and Davis Cup qualifiers that... Continue Reading →
There aren't many weeks on the tennis calendar that are free so when they said the Fed Cup Final was moving to a mid-season event with a week long finals finding the space was key. Immediately it was announced to take part between the WTA event in Charleston and Stuttgart a week into the clay... Continue Reading →
Sandwiched between Charleston and Stuttgart, two key clay court events to kick off the clay court season is the new Fed Cup Finals in Hungary. The twelve nations are now set for April and the draw has been done for the new format of the Fed Cup. The groups are as followed: Group A: France... Continue Reading →
A trip to Mexico is now on the cards for Great Britain during a packed stage of the WTA Calendar. Following the defeat to Slovakia in the Fed Cup play-off's for a place in the Fed Cup Finals in April the team must now play a match that same week to be in contention for... Continue Reading →
That period after the first major of the year is always one where players look to continue their good, begin their season or in the ladies case represent their country. Cordoba, Montpellier and Pune were the destinations for men this week except for Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal who played an exhibition in Cape Town... Continue Reading →
Having lead 2-0 by Friday night you would have expected a straight forward Saturday for the USA team to book their place in the Fed Cup Finals in April but it was far from that. Jelena Ostapenko and Anastasija Sevastova had other ideas! First up was Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin against Latvia's top seed... Continue Reading →
Going 0-2 down in any Fed Cup tie is a tough ask to come back but in a play-off for a place in the Fed Cup Finals is a bigger ask. This weekend we have seen players crumble from a losing position and fail to turn up but that cannot be said of Heather Watson... Continue Reading →
USA's place in the inaugural Fed Cup Finals is on the brink of being confirmed. A Latvian side with their number one Jelena Ostapenko put up a good fight in Everett but the talent on hand for Kathys Rinaldi's team so far has had too much for the away side. Sofia Kenin began the evening... Continue Reading →
The first day of the FedCup play-offs for a place in the first of the new finals in April has come to an end. Two matches have been played in all ties except for the tie between USA and Latvia which doesn't begin until around 3:00am UK time on Saturday morning. Some teams have been... Continue Reading →
A place in the inaugural Fed Cup Finals is at stake this weekend. Across three continents eight ties will be played as 16 teams battle for the remaining 8 spots in Hungary. The teams already qualified are… France (2019 winners), Australian (2019 runner-up), Czech Republic (wildcard) and Hungary (host nation). 6 of the top 10... Continue Reading →
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