Bartoli wins after FED CUP recall, Kvitova advances
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Frances Marion Bartoli returns the ball to USAs Christina
Mchale during their tennis match at the 21st edition
of the Paris WTA Open on January 30, 2013. AFP |
French number one Marion Bartoli celebrated her recall to the
country's Fed Cup team on Wednesday with a battling 7-5, 6-1
second-round win over American Christina McHale at the Paris Open.
Earlier in the day captain Amelie Mauresmo ended Bartoli's nine-year
exile from the international stage by naming her in a five-player squad
to face Germany in next month's World Group II first-round tie in
Limoges.
The world number 10 will be joined in the French team by Alize
Cornet, Kristina Mladenovic, Virginie Razzano and Pauline Parmentier.
"I'm very happy to return to Fed Cup," Bartoli said in her post-match
news conference, citing her relationship with two-time Grand Slam
champion Mauresmo as a factor in her return. "The communication was
always there with Amelie, it happened bit by bit. "I talked a lot with
my dad. He supported me in my project and in my decision because he only
wants me to be happy," added Bartoli, whose long-term absence from the
team stemmed from her insistence on having her father and coach, Walter,
by her side during the competition, a demand that contravened team
rules.
AFP
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