Australia captain Alicia Molik laments Fed Cup format change
November 10, 2019 18:18 ISTHosts Australia fell in the decisive doubles match on Sunday to lose the tie 3-2 as their 45-year Fed Cup jinx continued.
Hosts Australia fell in the decisive doubles match on Sunday to lose the tie 3-2 as their 45-year Fed Cup jinx continued.
France beat Australia in a nail-biting finish in the final of the Fed Cup.
World No. 51 Tomljanovic impressively rebounded from a dispiriting performance in her Australian Fed Cup debut on Saturday against Kristina Mladenovic to record a 6-4, 7-5 victory in one hour and 33 minutes at Perth Arena.
World No.40 Mladenovic started slowly before taking advantage of an error-strewn Barty, whose 15-match Fed Cup winning streak was ended in a see-sawing match lasting two hours and 31 minutes.
With both Nagal and Ramkumar now available, India will have its best singles players taking on Pakistan.
Barty will play Caroline Garcia of France. Ajla Tomljanovic will make her debut for Australia playing the opening singles match Saturday against Kristina Mladenovic.
The All India Tennis Association (AITA) has expressed its surprise over ITF's decision to shift the Davis Cup tie between India and Pakistan to a neutral venue.
AITA secretary general Hironmoy Chatterjee said that Mahesh Bhupathi had made himself unavailable for India's Davis Cup tie with Pakistan and was replaced by Rohit Rajpal.
The AITA had picked Rohit Rajpal as the non-playing captain on Monday before the ITF shifted the tie out of Islamabad to a neutral venue, acknowledging the security concerns raised by India.
The tie, set for November 29 and 30, was scheduled to be held in the Pakistani capital but the ITF on Monday decided that the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group I game will be played at a neutral venue.
Rohan Bopanna slammed the AITA's decision to change the non-playing captain of the Indian Davis Cup team without allegedly consulting the players.
Federer is set to play against Serbian Novak Djokovic, Austrian Dominic Thiem and Italian Matteo Berrettini.
Nadal, the winner of 19 Grand Slam titles, will be making his fifth appearance in the tournament, which will take place from February 24-29, the Mexican Open Organizing Committee said, reports Efe news.
The International Tennis Federation has shifted the Davis Cup tie between India and Pakistan to a neutral venue.
There was speculation that veteran Leander Paes could be considered for the job after the 46-year-old made himself available following pullouts by top players and captain Mahesh Bhupathi.
Novak Djokovic beat a nervous Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-4 Sunday to win his fifth Paris Masters final and 34th overall Masters title to move one behind all-time leader Rafael Nadal.
The title adds to the 23-year-old Australian's lengthy list of achievements in 2019 including winning her first Grand Slam title at the French Open.
Barty, like Svitolina, dropped the opening set of her semifinal before beating second-ranked Karolina Pliskova of Czech Republic 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.
It was not immediately clear why Nadal had to pull out. "We saw something on the image, probably a small strain," said Nadal in the presser.
The top-ranked Serb remains on course for a fifth title at Bercy Arena and a 55th career showdown against old rival Rafael Nadal.
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