Rybarikova's withdrawn from the Canada tie citing a back injury and she's replaced by doubles player Janette Husarova who's playing for the first time since 2008 and Kristina Kucova's been drafted in to the squad. Slovakia are without their three highest ranked players.

I'd like to think that Rybarikova would beat the second Canadian player but she'd lose to Bouchard and probably wouldn't be much use in doubles. Husarova will be better in doubles but Slovakia are weak in doubles after Cepelova Cepelova will probably have to win both her matches and either the Slovak no. 2 beats the Canadian no. 2 or Slovakia wins the doubles. Bouchard will beat the number 2 Slovak, Cepelova should beat the no 2 Canadian. There's some uncertainty about Cepelova v Bouchard, the number 2 match and the doubles and that's where the tie will be decided but Canada have home advantage and all their best players.

Slovakia could have done with Husarova against Serbia in 2011 and Russia last year because they lacked a good doubles player to partner Daniela and they've had had a much better chance to win with Husarova playing doubles rather than Rybarikova or Cibulkova.


Do Canada and Husárová, Moska disappointing decision Rybarikova (2)

Bratislava April 11 (TASR) - deblových specialist Janette Husárová strengthen the Slovak team in the play-off meeting to participate in the World Group Fed Cup against Canada (April 19-20). TASR informing the Secretary General of Slovak Tennis Association Igor Moška, ​​which disappointed that after Dominika Cibulkova and Daniela Hantuchova will captain Matej Liptak in Quebec are available Magdalene Rybáriková.

"I am very disappointed with the decision Magdalena Rybarikova, which was in junior age six years significantly financially supported by the Slovak Tennis Association. Has signed a long term contract with STZ and contracts must be respected. Today I had a meeting with Janette Husarova and ten minutes before I confirmed the start of Canada, of which I am looking forward and I thank her for the great approach to represent Slovakia. want to appreciate and access Kristina Kucova to be checked out of the tournament in Kuala Lumpur and will be available to the captain Matej Liptak as a third player of the team," he told TASR Moška.

Husárová was a member of the Slovak Fed Cup winning team of 2002. Maspalomase The Spanish won the decisive third point after the triumph over Arantxa Sanchez Vicario. In the Fed Cup has a 18:12 balance. Recently represented in the prestigious team competition in April 2008, when in Bratislava NTC alongside Rybáriková smooth sealed the triumph over Uzbekistan in Slovakia.

In the absence of Cibulkova, Hantuchova and Rybáriková the Slovak unit of a team in Quebec Jan Čepelová (51), a finalist last week's WTA tournament in Charleston, two in Anna Carolina Schmiedlová (65). The nomination of Canada are Australian Open semifinalist Eugenie Bouchard (19), Sharon Fichman (89), Alexandra Wozniak (153) and Gabriela Dabrowski (199). Slovaks in February lost in the first round of the Fed Cup World Group in Bratislava NTC Germany 1:3. Canadians have in round 1 II. World Group advised in Montreal with Serbia 3:1.

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CANADA 3 : 1 SLOVAK REPUBLIC
WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFF
Quebec City, Canada

R1 A. WOZNIAK bt J. CEPELOVA 4-6 7-5 7-5
R2 E. BOUCHARD bt K. KUCOVA 7-6 (0) 2-6 6-1
R3 E. BOUCHARD v J. CEPELOVA 7-6 (6) 6-3
R4 A. WOZNIAK v K. KUCOVA not played
R5 J. CEPELOVA/ J. HUSAROVA bt G. DABROWSKI/S. FICHMAN 6-4 5-7 11-9

Even though Daniela's not playing I still want Slovakia to win although it will be tough as Canada have the best player in Bouchard and they've got home advantage. Slovakia really need Jana Cepelova to come up big in this tie. She'll have a lot of confidence after Charleston and she also beat Stosur in Doha. She came through away to Serbia last year so she'll play well. She has to beat Wozniak in the first tie. It would have been great if Cibulkova or Rybarikova were playing. Daniela's sacrificed a lot over the years for Fed Cup so someone else can do the heavy lifting for once but it's going to be tough without the top three players.

Cepelova really should have won as she was a set and 4-1 up, served for the match twice and was 5-3 up in the final set and was 40-0 up at the 5-5 game in the third but she couldn't get the job done. That was the match that Sloakia really needed to win.

Kucova did as well as she could have been expected to do.

Cibulkova just lost the Kuala Lumpur final to Vekic after a third set tiebreak, Slovakia could really have done with her against Canada.

Germany and Czech Republic are in the Fed Cup final. So many of the teams that beat Slovakia get to the final: Czech Republic in 2011, Serbia got to the 2012 final after winning the playoff in 2011, Russia last year and Germany this year.

Slovakia just lost ANOTHER effing tiebreak 1st set to Bouchard 76 (6!)

Slovakia are away to Netherlands in the World Group II 1st round in February 2015.