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Czech nominates women's tennis team for Fed Cup final

Xinhua, October 13, 2016 Adjust font size:

Czech women's tennis team captain Petr Pala on Wednesday nominated players' list for the Fed Cup tennis tournament final against France.

Petra Kvitova, Karolina Pliskova, Barbora Strycova and Lucie Hradecka will play for the Czech team on Nov. 12-13 in Strasbourg, France.

The Czech team is seeking for the fifth title in six years. Pliskova, who is the finalist of 2016 US Open and the current world No. 5 in WTA ranking, will head the Czech team.

At the press conference, Pala said he is glad to go to the final in France with such an assembly.

Kvitova contributed to the Czech team's victory in the Fed Cup in 2011, 2012 and 2014. She has returned to the team after a one-year break.

She said she is glad to play in the final again, and she hopes she will play better in the final than in Romania.

Czech won Fed Cup in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015. Endit