The official draw for the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group II playoff tie between Canada and Argentina took place Friday in Montreal. The tie will be contested on indoor hard courts at Uniprix Stadium in Montreal from April 24-25, 2010.

The Miele Canadian Fed Cup squad consisting of Sharon Fichman (Toronto, ON), Marie-Eve Pelletier (Repentigny, QC), Valerie Tetreault (St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC) and Aleksandra Wozniak (Blainville, QC) will battle with Argentina in two singles matches on Saturday and two reverse singles matches on Sunday with a potential deciding doubles match to follow. Miele Canadian Fed Cup team captain Sylvain Bruneau will be at the helm for his first tie this weekend.  

Today’s draw produced the following weekend match-ups: 

“Our team has been practicing hard all week and is more than ready to take on the challenge of earning a spot in World Group II,” said Bruneau. “The girls are very excited about playing at home in front of an energetic Montreal crowd and I’m sure the fans are going to enjoy the show this weekend.”  

A win for Canada against Argentina would advance them to the World Group II in 2011 for the first time since 2007. Only eight countries entered in Fed Cup competition will qualify for the elite World Group with the next eight qualifying for World Group II.

Action will get underway on Saturday, April 24 at 1:00 p.m. The tie will be webcast live from Montreal on tenniscanada.com in both French and English.

Live Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Web cast schedule on tenniscanada.com

(Local and Eastern time)

Saturday, April 24, 2010                        1:00 p.m.                    Singles
Sunday, April 25, 2010              Noon                           Reverse Singles, followed by doubles