Fed Cup: Italy narrowly leads into the duel with the USA

On Wednesday, Corrado Barazzutti announced the nominations for the upcoming Fed Cup match. As expected, he gives the top players Sara Errani, Roberta Vinci and Flavia Pennetta a break and puts everything on Karin Knapp (WTA 45), Nastassia Burnett (WTA 163) as well as the two debutants Camila Giorgi (WTA 84) and Alice Matteucci (WTA 704). This is the Ahrntal native's third international match: in 2008 she competed with Italy against Ukraine and last year she played in the final against Russia.

The US team is also without its big stars such as the two Williams sisters, Serena, number 1 in the world, and Venus (WTA 49). Sloane Stephens (WTA 18), Jamie Hampton (WTA 30), Bethanie Mattek-Sands (WTA 42) and Varvara Lepchenko (WTA 52) are also not there. The squad includes 18-year-old Madison Keys (WTA 37), who has never competed in the Fed Cup, Alison Riske (WTA 47), Christina McHale (WTA 59) and Lauren Davis (WTA 60). The “Azzurre” travel to Cleveland as current title holders. Italy has won the Fed Cup four times in the last eight years. The USA, on the other hand, are the record winners in the Fed Cup with 17 successes.

Before heading across the Atlantic, Karin Knapp wants to cause a sensation in Paris. There she will face her compatriot Sara Errani as an outsider in the third game after 13 p.m. this afternoon.

All FedCup games by Karin Knapp (3 matches, 1 win, 2 defeats)

2013 Italy - Russia 4:0 Karin Knapp/Flavia Pennetta - Margarita Gasparyan/Irina Khromacheva 4:6, 6:2, 10:4

2008 Italy - Ukraine 3:2 Karin Knapp - Alona Bondarenko 3:6, 3:6 Sara Errani/Karin Knapp - Mariya Koryttseva/Tatiana Perebiynis 6:0, 6:7(4), 3:6

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Fed Cup: Italy narrowly leads into the duel with the USA

Now it's fixed: Karin Knapp is Italy's number one in the quarter-final duel of the Fed Cup on February 8th and 9th in Cleveland against the USA.

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