Fed Cup 2009 - Europe/Africa: Heartbreak for GB

Eurosport - Sat, 07 Feb 20:52:00 2009

Great Britain will remain in the Europe/Africa Zone of the Fed Cup after a 2-1 defeat to Poland in their play-off in Tallinn.

TENNIS 2009 Australian Open Britain's Anne Keothavong - 0

Sarah Borwell and British number one Anne Keothavong (pictured) lost the deciding doubles rubber 7-5 6-3 to Klaudia Jans and Alicja Rosolska.

Britain had finished top of Group A after winning all three of their matches this week without dropping a single set and started well with Elena Baltacha defeating Katarzyna Piter 6-4 6-1.

But world number nine Agnieszka Radwanska defeated Keothavong 7-6 7-6 before watching her team-mates take the deciding rubber.

Poland will now advance to the World Group II play-offs in April.

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  1. nothing at stake at this level for british girls. so­ relax in your encounter with poland. it si sjust­ another game

    From Augustine A, on Sun 8 Feb 7:00PM

  2. WHAT A SHAME FOR OUR BRIT GIRLS THEY WENT DOWN FIGHTING­ THOUGH SO TAKE HEART. NIGEL SEARS IS DOING A GOOD JOB­ WITH THEM KEEP GOING GIRLS.

    From AJ, on Sun 8 Feb 12:10PM

  3. Well done "Our Anne" for taking AR to two tie­ breaks, take the confidence that you can keep with the­ top players :-)

    From justgetsnasty, on Sat 7 Feb 10:40PM

  4. CONGRATULATIONS FOR SUCCESS SO FAR

    BUT SADLY POLAND­ WILL BE A STEP TOO TOO FAR .......... !

    From simioni44, on Sat 7 Feb 6:13PM

  5. OH DEAR ITS SUCH A SHAME OUR BRIT GIRLS HAVE TO PLAY­ POLAND THEY HAVE THE RADWANSKA SISTERS WHO HAPPEN TO BE­ VERY GOOD. GOOD LUCK TO OUR GIRLS ANYWAY GIVE IT­ YOU'RE ALL.

    From AJ, on Sat 7 Feb 12:36PM

  6. DON'T FORGET GIRLS ALISON SUPPORTS YOU!
    ALISON.

    From Nicholas, on Sat 7 Feb 12:35AM

  7. WELL DONE OUR BRIT GIRLS YOU DID IT AGAIN KEEP UP THE­ GOOD WORK I SUPPORT YOU.

    From AJ, on Fri 6 Feb 5:30PM

  8. and 3x 'w' in front of that link to make sure­ it works.. damn eurosport for not allowing links, but I­ guess they have a point :/

    From arskipaski, on Fri 6 Feb 5:09PM

  9. Hey, check out tennis24 ee /fc for live scores if you­ like :) The site was built in a couple of hours so its­ buggy and goes down and up without notice.. but better­ than nothing when it works :) enjoy! (And too bad­ Estonia missed GB in the playoffs.. would have been a­ nice one.. Belarus is just boring :)

    From arskipaski, on Fri 6 Feb 5:08PM
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