Americas Zone Group 1 - Medellin, Columbia (Outdoor Clay) W/C 28th January

Americas Zone Group 2 - Cochamba, Bolivia (Outdoor Clay) W/C 21st April

Good luck to Brazil! :D

So if the USA lost in the first round they would have to play this tie next year?

no

So if the USA lost in the first round they would have to play this tie next year?

No, they would have to play another match and, if they also lost that one, they would go to World Group II. If, in 2009, they lost on World Group II again, then they would go to this Americas 1 in 2010. ;)

BTW, I think (and hope) that Brazil will go with Teliana Pereira, Nanda Alves, Roxane Vaisemberg and Joana Cortez. Teliana and Nanda for singles, Roxane and Joana for doubles.

From Fed Cup Site:

Tennis Canada have announced the players who are nominated to compete in the upcoming Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Americas Zone Group I commencing the week of January 28, 2008 in Medellin, Colombia.

Stephanie Dubois, Marie-Eve Pelletier, Ekaterina Shulaeva and Aleksandra Wozniak have been named in the squad by team captain Rene Collins.

“Team Canada is very well represented,” expressed Collins, who starred for Canada in Fed Cup as a player from 1988-1998. “Having swept this competition the last time we were in Colombia in April 2006, we feel very confident and are looking forward to the tie.”

AMERICAS ZONE GROUP I

Venue: Club Deportivo El Rodeo. Medellin, Colombia
Winning nation advances to World Group II Play-offs in April

BRAZIL
Teliana Pereira, Maria-Fernanda Alves, Roxane Vaisemberg, Ana-Clara Duarte
Captain: Carlos-Jose Alves

CANADA
Stephanie Dubois, Aleksandra Wozniak, Marie-Eve Pelletier, Katerina Shulaeva
Captain: Rene Collins

COLOMBIA
Catalina Castano, Mariana Duque-Marino, Viky Nunez Fuentes, Karen-Emelia Castiblanco-Duarte
Captain: Ignacio Arroyave

MEXICO
Melissa Torres-Sandoval, Daniela Munoz-Gallegos, Valeria Pulido, Erika Clarke-Magana
Captain: Graciela Velez

PARAGUAY
Adriana Pereira, Rossana De Los Rios, Veronica Cedepe Royg
Captain: Alfredo de Brix

PUERTO RICO
Kristina Brandi, Vilmarie Castellvi, Jessica Roland-Rosario, Paola Calderon
Captain: Juan-Carlos Escudero

URUGUAY
Maria-Eugenia Roca Recarey, Maria-Jose Arechavaleta, Leticia Demichelli, Maria Eugenia Torres
Captain: Roberto Pavesio

good luck to Canada :)

good luck to Canada :)

Allez Canada http://smileys.sur-la-toile.com/repository/Divers/police-montee-canada-482.gif

Vamos COLOMBIA:bounce:

Good luck to COLOMBIA and PARAGUAY

:rocker2: :yeah:

Go Canada!!

Colombia, Mexico and Canada in one group
Brazil, Puerto Rico, Paraguay and Uruguay in the other

Mexico :o

Good group for Brazil! :D I prefered it to be in a group with three countries, but at least we avoided Canada and Colombia. :)

Colombia was the second best team after Canada according to me... Too bad they are in the same group! If Canada finish first of his group, I think the play-off match will be easier then the tie against Colombia!

Tough draw for Colombia but a good draw for Paraguay. Both can hopefully get through :D

Melissa Torres is not playing Fed Cup. In fact only fed cup site has her listed though everywhere she is not. She is too good for Fed Cup now :rolleyes:

Colombia leads Mexico 1-0
Mariana Duque-Marino def. Valeria Pulido-Velasco 6-7(6), 6-2, 6-2
Castaño is facing Muñoz right now

Catalina Castaño def. Daniela Muñoz-Gallegos 6-1, 6-2
Col def. Mex 2-0
Duque/Castaño are facing Arias/Clarke
Brazil vs. Uruguay 1-1
Puerto Rico leads Paraguay 1-0

Catalina Castaño def. Daniela Muñoz-Gallegos 6-1, 6-2
Col def. Mex 2-0
Duque/Castaño are facing Arias/Clarke
Brazil vs. Uruguay 1-1
Puerto Rico leads Paraguay 1-0

Who won and who lost the singles match? And how do you know the scores?

Castaño/Duque def. Arias/Clarke 6-0, 7-5

Brazil won 2-1

Puerto Rico won

http://www.eltiempo.com/deportes/tenis/noticias/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-3938846.html

Colombia :drool: Perfect! I would have loved to see Cata and Mariana play doubles together. :hearts:

Paraguay :unsure: I hope Rossana didn't lose her singles. I don't think Veronica Cepede was playing so basically they have not much chance of success with only one solid player.

Brazil! :D Good luck against Paraguay tomorrow! ;)

Full results day 1:

Brasil 2 x 1 Uruguai
Leticia Demichelli v. Nanda Alves, 7/5 7/6 :o :o :o
Teliana Pereira v. Maria Eugenia Roca, 6/0 6/0 :D
Teliana Pereira/Nanda Alves v. Demichelli/Roca, 6/1 6/0 :D ;)

Colômbia 3 x 0 México
Mariana Duque v. Valeria Pulido 6/7(5), 6/2 6/2
Catalina Castaño v. Daniela Muñoz Gallegos, 6/1 6/2
Catalina Castaño/ Mariana Duque v. Lorena Arias/ Erika Clarke, 6/0 7/5

Porto Rico 3 x 0 Paraguai
Jessica Roland Rosario v. Adriana Pereira, 7/6 4/6 6/4
Vilmarie Castelvi v. Rossana de los Rios, 7/5 6/3
Mónica Puig/ Paola Calderón v. Adriana Pereira/ María Ferreiro, 6/1 6/0

Schedule of play for day 2:

Programação - 10h (horário local)
Quadra Central - Canadá x México
Quadra 3 - Brasil x Paraguai
Quadra 4 - Porto Rico x uruguai

Nanda losing to an unranked girl! :o But at least she still plays well in doubles, and Teliana seems to be playing really well! :)

Catalina :woohoo:

In the other thread they said Nanda Alves won her singles match today vs. Paraguay 6/4 6/0 :)

Brasil vs Paraguai 3-0!!

Nanda Alves d. Adriana Pereira 64 60
Teliana Pereira d. Rossana De Los Rios 46 64 63
Alves/T. Pereira d. A. Pereira/De Los Rios 63 60

Puerto Rico also won... and tomorrow, Brazil vs Porto Rico will decide the first place and the place at final!

Puerto Rico also won... and tomorrow, Brazil vs Porto Rico will decide the first place and the place at final!
Jessica Roland Rosario d. Leticia Demichelli 6-1 6-3

Canada vs Mexico
Aleksandra Wozniak d. Valeria Pulido 6-2, 6-4

Rossana :sobbing: What a bad tournament for Paraguay. They needed Veronica Cepede, she could have beaten Alves. Surely Paraguay can beat Uruguay :unsure:

Thanks for the result.

It's up to Colombia to get promoted!!!!!!

RESULTADOS CMPLETOS JUEVES 31 DE ENERO

CANADÁ 3 - MÉXICO 0
Alexandra Wozniak ganó a Valeria Pulido 6-2 6-4
Stephanie Dubois ganó a Daniela Muñoz Gallegos 6-1 6-1
Stephanie Dubois / Marie Eve Pelletier ganaron a Lorena Arias / Valeria Pulido 6-2 6-1

BRASIL 3 - PARAGUAY 0
Maria Fernanda Alves ganó a Adriana Pereira 6-4 6-0
Teliana Pereira ganó a Rossana de los Rios 4-6 6-4 6-3
Teliana Pereira / María Fernanda Alves ganaron a Adriana Pereira / Rossana de los Rios 6-3 6-0

PUERTO RICO 3 - URUGUAY 0
Jessica Roland Rosario ganó a Letícia Demichelli 6-1 6-3
Vilmarie Castelvi ganó a Maria Eugenia Roca Recarei 6-3 6-0
Vilmarie Castelvi / Jessica Roland Rosario ganaron a Leticia Demichelli / María Eugenia Torres 6-2 6-2

So it's basically two seminifals tomorrow! :) Canada x Colombia, Brazil x Puerto Rico.

Good luck to Brazil! :D

Vamos Brazil and Colombia :bounce:

Canada defeated Mexico 3-0 in Colombia

R1 - A.WOZNIAK (CAN) def. V.PULIDO-VELASCO (MEX) 6-2 6-4
R2 - S.DUBOIS (CAN) def. D.MUNOZ-GALLEGOS (MEX) 6-1 6-1
R3 - S.DUBOIS / M.PELLETIER (CAN) def. L.ARIAS-RODRIGUEZ / V.PULIDO-VELASCO (MEX) 6-2 6-1

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Giddy up Canucks, crush the Columbians. :D

Canada vs. Colombia 1-1
Aleksandra Wozniak d. Mariana Duque 6-1, 6-2
Catalina Castaño d. Stephanie Dubois 6-2, 6-4
Puerto Rico vs. Brazil 1-0
Jessica Roland Rosario d. Maria Fernanda Alves 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
Paraguay def. Uruguay.
Uruguay goes to Division II
Mexico vs. Paraguay to stay at Division I

I'm surprised Wozniak beat Duque. I guess Steph/Marie-Eve have a slight edge for the doubles.

Yay Paraguay :banana: Good luck against Mexico!

Mariana :eek: :( You beat Wozniak easily last year on clay.
Cata :yeah: Great win.
Take the doubles :)

Go Canada win the double match please!!!

Vamos Colombia, vamos Cata.

Gracias Cata. Colombia 2 Canada 1

Yayy Cata and Mariana won 6-3 4-6 6-4 :D

FELICITACIONES COLOMBIA!!!

Maybe Catalina will get a bit more respect in Colombia now. She is not very well respected at all, this will show them what she's made of. Very impressive Cata, she should be very proud and happy. She was supposed to have been sick this week but her results don't show it. :yeah:

alguien sabe como va Brsil

alguem sabe como estas o brazil??


Any result of Brazil vs Puerto Rico?

alguien sabe como va Brsil

alguem sabe como estas o brazil??


Any result of Brazil vs Puerto Rico?

Brazil def. Puerto Rico 2-1
Roland-Rosario def. Alves 64 26 63
Pereira def. Castellvi 64 60
Alves/Pereira def. Castellvi/Roland-Rosario 64 63

Colombia def. Canada 2-1
Aleksandra Wozniak d. Mariana Duque 61 62
Catalina Castaño d. Stephanie Dubois 62 64
Castaño/Duque def. Dubois/Pelletier 63 46 64

Paraguay def. Uruguay 3-0
Pereira def. Demichelli 26 62 64
De Los Rios def. Roca-Recarey 61 61
De Los Rios/Pereira def. Demichelli/Torres 63 64


Tomorrow:

Play off:
Colombia vs. Brazil

Relegation Play off
Paraguay vs. Mexico

Brazil :woohoo:


thanks Ranaladara:kiss:

If Nanda don´t get better your game, we don´t have chances vs Colombia...Only Teli can´t win all...:o

Colombia leads 1-0
Mariana Duque d. Ma. Fernanda Alves 7-5, 6-0

any result of teliana Pereira vs Catalina Castano??

Colombia def. Brazil 3-0
Mariana Duque def. Maria Fernanda Alves 75 60
Catalina Castaño def. Teliana Pereira 62 57 63
Nunez-Fuentes/Duque-Marino def. Duarte/Hermenegildo 62 26 64

COLOMBIA!!!!!!!! :yeah: :crazy: :D

Colombia win Americas Zone 1 and advance to the World Group II Play-offs in April. :D

Colombia:woohoo:
Great win for Catalina!!!:D

3rd & 4th Play-off:
Canada def. Puerto Rico 3-0
Shulaeva def. Puig 62 64
Wozniak def. Castellvi 36 61 75
Dubois/Wozniak def. Puig/Roland-Rosario 63 60


Relegation Play-off:
Paraguay def. Mexico 3-0
No scores yet

So what does this mean for Canada? :o

OMG Mexico :o
If they used Clarke or Arias to play the first singles it's a very stupid choice :o
or if Valeria Pulido lost her match is almost as pathetic :o

Well hopefully Melissa Torres can keep her inflated ranking for her Acapulco 2007 performance, after not playing for making ranking points.

Adriana Pereira d. Valeria Pulido 7-5, 3-6, 6-3
de los Rios d. Muñoz 6-3, 6-0