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| Fed Cup Zonal Group I
2008 |
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| Europe/Africa Zone |
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| Date: 30 January - 2 February |
| Venue: Budapest, Hungary |
| Surface: Carpet (I) |
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| Group A: Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal |
| Group B: Denmark, Great Britain, Hungary, Switzerland |
| Group C: Belarus, Georgia, Slovenia, Sweden |
| Group D: Poland, Romania, Serbia |
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| GROUP A |
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| 30 January |
| Netherlands defeated Luxembourg 2-1: |
| Renee Reinhard d. Claudine Schaul 61 63 |
| Anne Kremer d. Nicole Thyssen 62 64 |
| Nicole Thyssen/Pauline Wong (NED) d. |
| Anne Kremer/Mandy Minella (LUX) 76(5) 62. |
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| Bulgaria defeated Portugal 3-0: |
| Dia Evtimova d. Ana-Catarina Nogueira 62 75 |
| Tsvetana Pironkova d. Neuza Silva 61 60 |
| Dia Evtimova/Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) d. |
| Magali De Lattre/Maria Joao Koehler (POR) 61 62. |
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| 31 January |
| Netherlands defeated Portugal 3-0: |
| Renee Reinhard d. Ana-Catarina Nogueira 60 63 |
| Arantxa Rus d. Neuza Silva 75 64 |
| Nicole Thyssen/ Pauline Wong (NED) d. |
| Magali De Lattre/Maria Joao Koehler (POR) 62 64. |
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| Bulgaria defeated Luxembourg 2-1: |
| Mandy Minella d. Dia Evtimova 63 67(2) 63 |
| Tsvetana Pironkova d. Anne Kremer 46 61 63 |
| Dia Evtimova/Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) d. |
| Mandy Minella/Claudine Schaul (LUX) 64 63. |
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| 1 February |
| Netherlands defeated Bulgaria 2-0: |
| Renee Reinhard d. Dia Evtimova 60 63 |
| Arantxa Rus d. Tsvetana Pironkova 64 64 |
| Doubles not played. |
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| Luxembourg defeated Portugal 2-0: |
| Claudine Schaul d. Ana-Catarina Nogueira 16 61 62 |
| Anne Kremer d. Magali De Lattre 62 61 |
| Doubles not played. |
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| Final Positions: |
| 1. Netherlands, 2. Bulgaria, 3. Luxembourg, 4. Portugal. |
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| GROUP B |
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| 30 January |
| Switzerland defeated Great Britain 2-1: |
| Anne Keothavong d. Emmanuelle Gagliardi 61 64 |
| Patty Schnyder d. Katie O’Brien 76(5) 75 |
| Emmanuelle Gagliardi/Patty Schnyder (SUI) d. |
| Elena Baltacha/Melanie South (GBR) 63 63. |
| Hungary defeated Denmark 3-0: |
| Greta Arn d. Eva Dyrberg 63 63 |
| Agnes Szavay d. Karina-Ildor Jacobsgaard 60 63 |
| Greta Arn/Agnes Szavay (HUN) d. |
| Eva Dyrberg/Karina-Ildor Jacobsgaard (DEN) 62 62. |
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| 31 January |
| Switzerland defeated Denmark 3-0: |
| Emmanuelle Gagliardi d. Hanne Skak Jensen 75 62 |
| Patty Schnyder d. Caroline Wozniacki 61 76(6) |
| Patty Schnyder/Stefanie Voegele (SUI) d. |
| Eva Dyrberg/Karina-Ildor Jacobsgaard (DEN) 61 16 64. |
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| Hungary defeated Great Britain 2-1: |
| Anne Keothavong d. Greta Arn 76(5) 75 |
| Agnes Szavay d. Katie O’Brien 61 62 |
| Greta Arn/Agnes Szavay (HUN) d. |
| Elena Baltacha/Melanie South (GBR) 62 62. |
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| 1 February |
| Switzerland defeated Hungary 2-1: |
| Greta Arn d. Stefanie Voegele 75 75 |
| Patty Schnyder d. Agnes Szavay 64 36 61 |
| Emmanuelle Gagliardi/Patty Schnyder (SUI) d. |
| Greta Arn/Agnes Szavay (HUN) 63 16 63. |
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| Denmark defeated Great Britain 2-1: |
| Anne Keothavong d. Hanne Skak Jensen 46 64 62 |
| Caroline Wozniacki d. Katie O’Brien 62 16 62 |
| Eva Dyrberg/Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. |
| Elena Baltacha/Anne Keothavong (GBR) 63 62. |
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| Final Positions: |
| 1. Switzerland, 2. Hungary, 3. Denmark, 4. Great Britain. |
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| GROUP C |
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| 30 January |
| Belarus defeated Georgia 3-0: |
| Darya Kustova d. Sofia Kvatsabaia 75 62 |
| Olga Govortsova d. Oksana Kalashnikova 62 36 63 |
| Darya Kustova/Tatiana Poutchek (BLR) d. |
| Ekaterine Gorgodze/Tatia Mikadze (GEO) 60 60. |
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| Sweden defeated Slovenia 3-0: |
| Johanna Larsson d. Masa Zec-Peskiric 63 63 |
| Sofia Arvidsson d. Andreja Klepac 62 61 |
| Sofia Arvidsson/Johanna Larsson (SWE) d. |
| Andreja Klepac/Masa Zec-Peskiric (SLO) 64 76(4). |
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| 31 January |
| Belarus defeated Slovenia 3-0: |
| Darya Kustova d. Masa Zec-Peskiric 63 63 |
| Olga Govortsova d. Andreja Klepac 26 61 63 |
| Ima Bohush/Tatiana Poutchek (BLR) d. |
| Polona Hercog/Masa Zec-Peskiric (SLO) 61 63. |
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| Sweden defeated Georgia 3-0: |
| Johanna Larsson d. Ekaterine Gorgodze 46 61 61 |
| Sofia Arvidsson d. Oksana Kalashnikova 64 75 |
| Sofia Arvidsson/Johanna Larsson (SWE) d. |
| Sofia Kvatsabaia/Tatia Mikadze (GEO) 60 64. |
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| 1 February |
| Sweden defeated Belarus 2-1: |
| Johanna Larsson d. Darya Kustova 63 61 |
| Sofia Arvidsson d. Olga Govortsova 62 62 |
| Ima Bohush/Tatiana Poutchek (BLR) d. |
| Michaela Johansson/Nadja Roma (SWE) 64 62. |
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| Slovenia defeated Georgia 2-0: |
| Polona Hercog d. Ekaterine Gorgodze 67(3) 76(5) 75 |
| Andreja Klepac d. Oksana Kalashnikova 61 57 63 |
| Doubles not played. |
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| Final Positions: |
| 1. Sweden, 2. Belarus, 3. Slovenia, 4. Georgia. |
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| GROUP D |
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| 30 January |
| Romania defeated Poland 3-0: |
| Monica Niculescu d. Urszula Radwanska 75 26 64 |
| Sorana Cirstea d. Agnieszka Radwanska 64 75 |
| Sorana Cirstea/Monica Niculescu (ROU) d. |
| Klaudia Jans/Alicja Rosolska (POL) 64 63. |
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| 31 January |
| Serbia defeated Poland 2-1: |
| Ana Ivanovic d. Urszula Radwanska 63 61 |
| Jelena Jankovic d. Agnieszka Radwanska 64 67(2) 75 |
| Klaudia Jans/Alicja Rosolska (POL) d. |
| Ana Jovanovic/Teodora Mircic (SRB) 63 62. |
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| 1 February |
| Serbia defeated Romania 2-1: |
| Ana Ivanovic d. Monica Niculescu 57 64 75 |
| Sorana Cirstea d. Jelena Jankovic 63 36 64 |
| Ana Ivanovic/Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. |
| Sorana Cirstea/Monica Niculescu (ROU) 26 76(3) 76(2). |
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| Final Positions: |
| 1. Serbia, 2. Romania, 3. Poland. |
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| PROMOTION PLAY-OFFS |
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| 2 February |
| Switzerland defeated Sweden 2-1: |
| Emmanuelle Gagliardi d. Johanna Larsson 64 57 64 |
| Sofia Arvidsson d. Patty Schnyder 62 36 63 |
| Emmanuelle Gagliardi/Patty Schnyder (SUI) d. |
| Sofia Arvidsson/Johanna Larsson (SWE) 26 63 76(3). |
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| Serbia defeated Netherlands 2-0: |
| Ana Ivanovic d. Renee Reinhard 62 36 63 |
| Jelena Jankovic d. Arantxa Rus 64 76(7) |
| Doubles not played. |
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| PLAY-OFF FOR 5TH/8TH POSITION |
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| 2 February |
| Hungary defeated Bulgaria 2-0: |
| Greta Arn d. Elitsa Kostova 62 61 |
| Agnes Szavay d. Dia Evtimova 60 60 |
| Doubles not played. |
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| Romania defeated Belarus 2-0: |
| Monica Niculescu d. Ima Bohush 60 63 |
| Sorana Cirstea d. Olga Govortsova 62 76(3) |
| Doubles not played. |
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| RELEGATION PLAY-OFFS |
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| 2 February |
| Poland defeated Georgia 3-0: |
| Urszula Radwanska d. Tatia Mikadze 61 60 |
| Agnieszka Radwanska d. Oksana Kalashnikova 64 63 |
| Klaudia Jans/Alicja Rosolska (POL) d. |
| Ekaterine Gorgodze/Sofia Kvatsabaia (GEO) 61 61. |
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| Great Britain defeated Portugal 2-0: |
| Anne Keothavong d. Ana-Catarina Nogueira 61 76(1) |
| Katie O’Brien d. Magali De Lattre 64 62 |
| Doubles not played. |
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| Serbia and Switzerland advanced to 2008 World Group II Play-offs. |
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| Georgia and Portugal relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2009. |
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