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| February 10, 2007 | Saturday | Muharram 21, 1428 |
Serena Williams to play Fed Cup
WASHINGTON, Feb 9: Serena Williams has agreed to play for the United States Fed Cup team for the first time since 2003.
Fresh off her Australian Open title, Williams will join older sister Venus on the squad that faces Belgium in the first round of the Fed Cup in April.
“I was very happy when Serena called me and said she wanted to play, especially coming after her big win in Australia,” US captain Zina Garrison said in an interview on Thursday. “She had texted me a couple of times and said she was contemplating playing Fed Cup. She actually let me know last week she'll play.” Venus Williams’ participation was announced last week.
“I'm excited to see them back on the court and working hard and defying all the odds of what people think or say about them,” Garrison said.
Serena Williams is undefeated in her Fed Cup career, going 3-0 in singles and 3-0 in doubles. She last played for the US four years ago, in a first-round victory over the Czech Republic.
The only other year she played Fed Cup was in 1999, helping win the title. The US repeated as champion the next year without Serena Williams, but it hasn't won the Fed Cup since.
The US is 3-3 under Garrison, never going beyond the semi-finals.
The sisters “have said they are both very interested in bringing the title back home,” Garrison said, and both of them know what sort of commitment that means.—AP
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