[女娃]俄羅斯晉級聯邦盃準決賽
俄娃強力晉級準決賽，將在七月十四、十五於美國隊主場打準決賽。
即使莎娃、戴娃都因傷不克參賽，還是能派出數枚Top 10球員的俄羅
斯，面對沒有任何選手排名在前25的西班牙也足以輕鬆過關。
俄羅斯是04、05年的冠軍，去年碰上海寧、Kim領軍的比利時，而未
能晉級。
Kuznetsova powers Russia into semi-final
April 23, 2007 - 7:14AM
Russia crushed Spain 5-0 in their Fed Cup quarter-final on
Sunday, setting up a possible mouth-watering clash with the
United States in the last four.
World number five Svetlana Kuznetsova secured the winning
point for the home team by thrashing Anabel Medina Garrigues
6-3 4-6 6-0 in the first reverse singles.
After losing the second set, Kuznetsova took complete control
in the third, hammering the Spanish number one into submission
after one hour 42 minutes.
After wasting several break points to get back on serve in the
second game of the final set, the 29th-ranked Medina Garrigues
took a medical time-out to treat her lower back.
The Spaniard's resistance crumbled after she surrendered her
serve again in the next game to go 3-0 down and Kuznetsova
cruised to victory, finishing the match with an ace.
"The injury was affecting my movement and I couldn't put up
much of a fight after that," Medina Garrigues told reporters.
Anna Chakvetadze, playing in place of world number nine Nadia
Petrova, beat Nuria Llagostera Vives 3-6 7-6 6-2 before Petrova
and Elena Vesnina dismissed Lourdes Dominguez Lino and Laura Pous
Tio 6-1 4-6 6-2 in doubles to compete the whitewash.
On Saturday, Petrova overcame a slow start to beat Medina
Garrigues 6-3 6-4 in the opening singles rubber and Kuznetsova
thrashed 66th-ranked Domingues Lino 6-3 6-2 in 66 minutes to
put the Russians in command.
"I felt nervous yesterday because I had not played Fed Cup for
two years and today I think I was just too excited to play,"
Kuznetsova told Russian television NTV on Sunday.
"In the second set I started to feel dizzy and my game suffered.
In the third, I just relaxed and played much better."
Russia captain Shamil Tarpishchev, who also coaches the country's
Davis Cup team, took victory in his stride.
"It was expected but still winning always gives you positive
emotions," said Tarpishchev, who remains on course to achieve
a unique double by winning both the Fed and Davis Cups in the
same year after also guiding the Russian men to the last four
of their competition.
"One of our strengths has always been the squad's depth."
The 2004 and 2005 champions were missing world number two Maria
Sharapova and 13th-ranked Elena Dementieva through injuries, but
still had too much power for the Spaniards, who have no one ranked
in the top 25.
But the Russians will surely need to be at full strength for the
semi-finals on July 14 and 15 when they are likely to meet a
powerful US team.
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