2008 Fed Cup World Group

The World Group is the highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2008.

Draw

	1st Round 2–3 February					Semifinals 26–27 April					Final 13–14 September
	Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
	1	Russia	4
		Israel	1			Moscow, Russia (indoor clay)
						1	Russia	3
La Jolla, California, USA (hard)						4	United States	2
	4	United States	4
		Germany	1								Madrid, Spain (clay)
											1	Russia	4
	Beijing, China (indoor hard)											Spain	0
		China	3
	3	France	2			Beijing, China (indoor hard)
							China	1
Naples, Italy (indoor hard)							Spain	4
		Spain	3
	2	Italy	2

First round

Israel vs. Russia

Israel 1	Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel 2–3 February 2008 Hard (Acrylic) - Outdoors		Russia 4
1 2 3 1 Shahar Pe'er Dinara Safina 0 6 6 2 6 2   2 Tzipora Obziler Maria Sharapova 0 6 4 6     3 Shahar Pe'er Maria Sharapova 1 6 1 6     4 Tzipora Obziler Anna Chakvetadze 4 6 2 6     5 Tzipora Obziler / Shahar Pe'er Dinara Safina / Elena Vesnina 0 6 6 1 4 6

United States vs. Germany

United States 4	La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, La Jolla, California, United States 2–3 February 2008 Hard (DecoTurf) - Outdoors		Germany 1
1 2 3 1 Lindsay Davenport Sabine Lisicki 1 6 5 7     2 Ashley Harkleroad Tatjana Malek 6 1 6 3     3 Lindsay Davenport Julia Görges 6 1 6 2     4 Ashley Harkleroad Sabine Lisicki 6 4 7 5     5 Lisa Raymond / Lindsay Davenport Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Tatjana Malek 6 2 6 0

China vs. France

China 3	Beijing International Tennis Centre, Beijing, China 2–3 February 2008 Hard (Rebound Ace) - Indoors		France 2
1 2 3 1 Li Na Alizé Cornet 6 3 6 1     2 Peng Shuai Virginie Razzano 4 6 6 3 6 4   3 Li Na Virginie Razzano 6 4 2 6 4 6   4 Yan Zi Nathalie Dechy 3 6 2 6     5 Yan Zi / Zheng Jie Virginie Razzano / Nathalie Dechy 7 5 77 65

Italy vs. Spain

Italy 2	PalaEldo, Naples, Italy 2–3 February 2008 Hard (RuKortHard) - Indoors		Spain 3
1 2 3 1 Francesca Schiavone Nuria Llagostera Vives 64 7 6 3 2 6   2 Flavia Pennetta Anabel Medina Garrigues 2 6 3 6     3 Francesca Schiavone Anabel Medina Garrigues 4 6 1 6     4 Sara Errani Lourdes Domínguez Lino 5 7 6 4 6 0   5 Tathiana Garbin / Sara Errani Nuria Llagostera Vives / Carla Suárez-Navarro 6 4 6 3

Semifinals

Russia vs. United States

Russia 3	Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow, Russia 26–27 April 2008 Clay (Red Clay) - Indoors		United States 2
1 2 3 1 Anna Chakvetadze Vania King 6 4 7 5     2 Svetlana Kuznetsova Ahsha Rolle 6 2 6 1     3 Vera Zvonareva Vania King 4 6 6 3 6 2   4 Elena Vesnina Ahsha Rolle 3 6 4 6     5 Svetlana Kuznetsova / Elena Vesnina Liezel Huber / Vania King 64 77 4 6

China vs. Spain

China 1	Beijing International Tennis Centre, Beijing, China 26–27 April 2008 Hard (Rebound Ace) - Indoors		Spain 4
1 2 3 1 Peng Shuai Carla Suárez Navarro 3 6 65 77     2 Zheng Jie Nuria Llagostera Vives 3 6 4 6     3 Peng Shuai Nuria Llagostera Vives 4 6 4 6     4 Zheng Jie Carla Suárez Navarro 77 65 6 3     5 Peng Shuai / Sun Tiantian María José Martínez Sánchez / Nuria Llagostera Vives 2 6 1 6

Final

Spain vs. Russia

Spain 0	Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, Madrid, Spain 13–14 September 2008 Clay		Russia 4
1 2 3 1 Anabel Medina Garrigues Vera Zvonareva 3 6 4 6     2 Carla Suárez-Navarro Svetlana Kuznetsova 3 6 1 6     3 Anabel Medina Garrigues Svetlana Kuznetsova 7 5 3 6 4 6   4 Carla Suárez-Navarro Vera Zvonareva       not played 5 Nuria Llagostera Vives / Virginia Ruano-Pascual Elena Vesnina / Ekaterina Makarova 2 6 1 6

See also

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