Russia leave out Sharapova from Fed Cup team
Russia leave out Sharapova from Fed Cup team
Tue Apr 5, 2005 12:15 PM BST
MOSCOW, April 5 (Reuters) - Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova has been left
out of Russia's Fed Cup first-round tie against Italy later this month
because of her hectic tournament schedule.
Tennis Federation head and Fed Cup captain Shamil Tarpishchev, who had been
to Miami to try and persuade the 17-year-old to join the squad, told Reuters:
"I spoke to her father and we decided not to (include her).
"It is a burden to play all the tournaments in a row."
Tarpishchev named a squad of French Open champion Anastasia Myskina, French
and U.S. Open runner-up Elena Dementieva, Elena Bovina and Dinara Safina to
begin the defence of Russia's 2004 title.
He did not rule out selecting Sharapova later in the event, despite media
speculation that the Florida-based teenager might switch her allegiance to
the United States, where she has lived since childhood.
c Reuters 2005. All Rights Reserved.
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