Fed Cup Weekend Schedule
Posted on February 4, 2011
Russia will be taking on France in BNP Paribas World Group first round tie indoors in Moscow.    Maria is scheduled to play two singles match on Saturday and Sunday.
Here is the full schedule:
Saturday
1M: Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) vs Alize Cornet (FRA)
2M: Maria Sharapova (RUS) vs Virgine Razzano (FRA)
Sunday
3M: Maria Sharapova (RUS) vs Alize Cornet (FRA)
4M: Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) vs Virgine Razzano (FRA)
5M: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova/Dinara Safina (RUS) vs Julie Coin/Pauline Parmentier(FRA)
Russia need to win three of the five matches to advance to the semis.


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06-Feb-2011 Fed Cup: Nastia’s Big Day
Russia came back from a 2-0 first-day deficit with three victories on Sunday to eliminate France and book a place in the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas semifinals .
Nastia posted a vital 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Alize Cornet in the first of the reverse singles matches, which kept Russia in the first round tie. Kuznetsova then made it 2-2 when she beat Virginie Razzano 6-4, 6-4 to send the quarterfinal to the decisive doubles. Next, Anastasia teamed up with Svetlana Kuznetsova to end France’s dreams by defeating Julie Coin and Alize Cornet 7-6(4), 6-0 in one hour and 19 minutes.
"I am really happy that I managed to help Russia get this victory," said Nastia. "I would like to say a big thank you to Svetlana. We had never played doubles together before, which might explain why we had a few problems at the beginning," the 19-year-old added. "But things became easier as the match went on, and I think that was reflected by the scoreline in the second set."
Russia now looks forward to another home tie against defending champions Italy in April’s semifinal.