2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Pool A

Group A of the 2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III was one of two pools in the Europe/Africa zone of the 2008 Fed Cup. Five teams competed in a round-robin competition, with the top team advancing to Group I for 2009.

		LAT	NOR	MRI	ISL	ZIM	Match W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
60	Latvia		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	4–0	18–3	125–44	1
65	Norway	1–2		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	19–7	135–69	2
76	Mauritius	0–3	1–2		3–0	3–0	2–2	15–7	110–77	3
90	Iceland	0–3	0–3	0–3		3–0	1–3	6–19	60–141	4
	Zimbabwe	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3		0–4	1–23	48–147	5

Latvia vs. Zimbabwe

Latvia 3	Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 22 April 2008 Red clay (outdoors)		Zimbabwe 0
1 2 3 1 Irina Kuzmina Denise Atzinger 6 0 6 2     2 Anastasija Sevastova Charlene Tsangamwe 6 0 6 0     3 Diāna Bukājeva / Anastasija Sevastova Charlene Tsangamwe / Stacey Lock 6 0 6 1

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Norway vs. Mauritius

Norway 2	Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 22 April 2008 Red clay (outdoors)		Mauritius 1
1 2 3 1 Ulrikke Eikeri Astrid Tixier 6 1 6 2     2 Helene Auensen Marinne Giraud 2 6 4 6     3 Helene Auensen / Emma Flood Marinne Giraud / Astrid Tixier 2 6 6 1 6 3

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Norway vs. Zimbabwe

Norway 3	Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 23 April 2008 Red clay (outdoors)		Zimbabwe 0
1 2 3 1 Emma Flood Stacey Lock 6 3 6 0     2 Ulrikke Eikeri Denise Atzinger 6 0 6 0     3 Helene Auensen / Ulrikke Eikeri Denise Atzinger / Charlene Tsangamwe 6 4 6 1

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Mauritius vs. Iceland

Mauritius 3	Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 23 April 2008 Red clay (outdoors)		Iceland 0
1 2 3 1 Astrid Tixier Iris Staub 6 4 6^5 7^7 6 3   2 Marinne Giraud Soumia Islami 6 1 6 0     3 Emma Taikie / Astrid Tixier Sandra Kristjánsdóttir / Rebekka Pétursdóttir 6 2 6 0

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Latvia vs. Iceland

Latvia 3	Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 24 April 2008 Red clay (outdoors)		Iceland 0
1 2 3 1 Trīna Šlapeka Rebekka Pétursdóttir 6 0 6 0     2 Anastasija Sevastova Sandra Kristjánsdóttir 6 1 6 0     3 Diāna Bukājeva / Trīna Šlapeka Sandra Kristjánsdóttir / Iris Staub 6 1 6 1

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Mauritius vs. Zimbabwe

Mauritius 3	Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 24 April 2008 Red clay (outdoors)		Zimbabwe 0
1 2 3 1 Astrid Tixier Stacey Lock 6 2 6 2     2 Marinne Giraud Charlene Tsangamwe 6 1 6 0     3 Marinne Giraud / Astrid Tixier Denise Atzinger / Charlene Tsangamwe 6 3 6 2

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Latvia vs. Norway

Latvia 2	Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 25 April 2008 Red clay (outdoors)		Norway 1
1 2 3 1 Trīna Šlapeka Ulrikke Eikeri 1 6 3 6     2 Anastasija Sevastova Helene Auensen 6 2 6 1     3 Diāna Bukājeva / Anastasija Sevastova Helene Auensen / Emma Flood 6^5 7^7 6 4 7 5

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Iceland vs. Zimbabwe

Iceland 3	Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 25 April 2008 Red clay (outdoors)		Zimbabwe 0
1 2 3 1 Iris Staub Stacey Lock 6 2 7 5     2 Soumia Islami Charlene Tsangamwe 7 5 4 3     retired 3 Sandra Kristjánsdóttir / Iris Staub Denise Atzinger / Stacey Lock 6 3 3 6 6 3

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Latvia vs. Mauritius

Latvia 3	Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 26 April 2008 Red clay (outdoors)		Mauritius 0
1 2 3 1 Trīna Šlapeka Astrid Tixier 6 1 6 1     2 Anastasija Sevastova Marinne Giraud 6 5       retired 3 Diāna Bukājeva / Anastasija Sevastova Marinne Giraud / Astrid Tixier       w/o

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Norway vs. Iceland

Norway 3	Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia 26 April 2008 Red clay (outdoors)		Iceland 0
1 2 3 1 Ulrikke Eikeri Rebekka Pétursdóttir 6 0 6 0     2 Helene Auensen Sandra Kristjánsdóttir 6 0 6 0     3 Ulrikke Eikeri / Emma Flood Sandra Kristjánsdóttir / Rebekka Pétursdóttir 6 1 6 0

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•  Latvia placed first in this group and thus advanced to Group II for 2009. They placed first in their pool of three and also won their promotion play-off match, meaning they achieved promotion to Group I for 2010.^[11]

References

1. "Latvia v Zimbabwe". fedcup.com.
2. "Norway v Mauritius". fedcup.com.
3. "Norway v Zimbabwe". fedcup.com.
4. "Mauritius v Iceland". fedcup.com.
5. "Latvia v Iceland". fedcup.com.
6. "Mauritius v Zimbabwe". fedcup.com.
7. "Latvia v Norway". fedcup.com.
8. "Iceland v Zimbabwe". fedcup.com.
9. "Latvia v Mauritius". fedcup.com.
10. "Norway v Iceland". fedcup.com.
11. "Fed Cup Profile, Latvia". fedcup.com.

External links

• Fed Cup website