Heather Watson & Jocelyn Rae give GB Fed Cup victory

by Adam D Sat 05 Feb 2011, 12:05 pm

Great Britain secured their place in Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group I thanks to a dramatic doubles victory over Denmark in Eilat, Israel.

After defeats by Switzerland in their opening ties, both teams needed a win to avoid facing a relegation play-off.

Heather Watson beat Denmark's Karen Barbat 6-0 6-1 in the opening singles before Anne Keothavong lost 6-0 6-2 to world number one Caroline Wozniacki.

Watson and Jocelyn Rae then defeated Wozniacki and Mai Grage 5-7 7-5 7-5.

Britain will play Croatia on Saturday to determine their final seeding from the 15-team event for future ties.

"It was really exciting out there today," said Rae. "There were definitely some stressful points in the match as we had quite a lot of chances to convert.

full story bbc website - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/9387960.stm

by Guest Sat 05 Feb 2011, 6:16 pm

Pity they lost to Switzerland.

But at least they are showing some backbone, which is more than can be said of our rather timid men's Davis cup team. I know they won their last DC match, but the signs are not good after watching the results come through at the AO qualifying for our young chaps.

Heather Watson & Jocelyn Rae give GB Fed Cup victory

Heather Watson & Jocelyn Rae give GB Fed Cup victory

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