For the Italy-France women's tennis match, valid for the preliminaries of the Billie Jean King Cup scheduled for Friday 15 and Saturday 16 April in Alghero, the blue captain Tathiana Garbin has called up five players: Camila Giorgi (number 30 Wta), Jasmine Paolini (# 46), Martina Trevisan (# 86), Lucia Bronzetti (# 101) and Elisabetta Cocciaretto (# 242).
Bronzetti, 23 years old from Rimini from Villa Verucchio, is on his first call for the blue.
France will field Alize 'Cornet (# 34 Wta), Caroline Garcia (# 66), Clara Burel (# 81) and Kristina Mladenovic (# 99).
Garbin explained the reasons for the choice of the surface, the green set of the Tennis Club Alghero: "I evaluated this aspect carefully, together with the girls and their teams, and we agreed to play on concrete outdoors because it can enhance the qualities of our players. We think that this surface, not too fast, can enhance our characteristics. "
France won eight of the eleven previous matches with Italy.
The two teams have not faced each other since February 2016 when at the Palais des Sports in Marseille the girls (Garcia, Mladenovic, Garcia / Mladenovic) led by Amelie Mauresmo won 4-1 against the blues (Giorgi, Errani, Caregaro / Errani) of Tathiana Garbin.