Sharon Fichman

Romania's women's tennis team will compete with Canada's team on April 18 - 19, away, in the playoff for the Fed Cup World Cup, according to the draw carried out in London, on Tuesday.

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PARIS - Jelena Jankovic of Serbia and Russia's Alisa Kleybanova progressed into round-of-16 at the French Open on a walkover as the Canadian/Russian pairing of Sharon Fichman and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova retired before their match on Friday.

PARIS - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic defeated Canada's Sharon Fichman 5-7 6-1 6-3 in the first round of Roland Garros.

The match started on Monday, but it was interrupted in the second set because it was too dark.

When the match resumed, Jankovic defeated Fichman in less than an hour.

MONTREAL - Serbia's Fed Cup team failed to reach the World Group playoffs after losing to Canada 3-1 in Montreal on Sunday in a World Group II first round tie.

Eugenie Bouchard won the decisive point for Canada by beating Vesna Dolonc 6-0, 6-3.