The tennis world was looking forward to seeing the first appearance of the new world nr.1 vs the American team and… tough luck she could not play due to an injury.
Victoria Azarenka had to play vs the upcoming Christina McHale (nr.38) that eventually played and defeated Anastasiya Yakimova 6-4 6-0.
Then Serena Wlliams completed the job by defeating Olga Govortsova 7-5, 6-0.
Regarding the other rubbers
ITALY – UKRAINE 1-1
The 2 teams are 1-1 after a shocking loss by Schiavone (6-1 6-2) from Lesia Tsurenko and an inspiring win by Sara Errani (in top form) over Kateryna Bondarenko, 6-2 6-3
RUSSIAN – SPAIN 2-0
Everything easy for Russia. Sharapova has an easy win vs Silvia Soler-Espinosa, 6-2, 6-1 and Kuznetova defeates Carla Suárez Navarro, 6-3, 6-1.
Russian is still one of the favorite teams having won the Fed Cup 4 times during the last 7 years.
SERBIA – BELGIUM 1-1
The 2 teams split results after Jankovic beat Kirsten Flipkens, 7-5, 7-5 and Wickmayer defeated Bojana Jovanovski, 6-4, 6-4.
