2010 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I – Play-offs

The Play-offs of the 2010 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I Zonal Competition involving teams from Asia and Oceania. Using the positions determined in their pools, the eight teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2010 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I. The top team advanced to the World Group II, and the bottom team was relegated down to the Group II for the next year.

PlacingPool APool B
1 Japan Chinese Taipei
2 South Korea Kazakhstan
3 New Zealand Thailand
4 Indonesia Uzbekistan
Main article: 2010 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone

Promotional Play-Offs

The first placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in a head-to-head round. The winner of the rounds advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, where they would get a chance to advance to the World Group II for next year.

Japan vs. Chinese Taipei

Japan
2		 National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
6 February 2010
Synpave (outdoors)
Chinese Taipei
1
1 2 3
1
Ayumi Morita
Chang Kai-chen		 62
77		 4
6 		   
2
Kimiko Date-Krumm
Chan Yung-jan		 7
5		 7
5		    
3
Rika Fujiwara / Ayumi Morita
Chuang Chia-jung / Hsieh Su-wei		 6
3		 6
3		    

[1]

Third to Fourth Play-Offs

The second-placed teams from each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the third and fourth placed teams.

South Korea vs. Kazakhstan

South Korea
1		 National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
6 February 2010
Synpave (outdoors)
Kazakhstan
2
1 2 3
1
Yu Min-hwa
Galina Voskoboeva		 2
6 		2
6 		   
2
Kim Na-ri
Yaroslava Shvedova		 3
6 		3
6 		   
3
Kim So-jung / Lee Jin-a
Zarina Diyas / Sesil Karatantcheva		 1
6 		6
1		 7
5		  

[2]

Fifth to Sixth Play-off

The third placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in a ties. The winner of the tie was allocated fifth place in the Group while the loser was allocated sixth.

New Zealand vs. Thailand

New Zealand
2		 National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
6 February 2010
Synpave (outdoors)
Thailand
1
1 2 3
1
Ellen Barry
Nudnida Luangnam		 6
4		 6
4		    
2
Sacha Jones
Suchanun Viratprasert		 6
4		 6
3		    
3
Ellen Barry / Sacha Jones
Nudnida Luangnam / Varatchaya Wongteanchai		 0
2		     retired
 

[3]

Relegation Play-Offs

The last placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in a head-to-head round. The losing team was relegated to Group II for next year.

Indonesia vs. Uzbekistan

Indonesia
0		 National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
6 February 2010
Synpave (outdoors)
Uzbekistan
3
1 2 3
1
Lavinia Tananta
Nigina Abduraimova		 3
6 		1
6 		   
2
Ayu-Fani Damayanti
Akgul Amanmuradova		 0
5		     retired
 
3
Sandy Gumulya / Jessy Rompies
Nigina Abduraimova / Albina Khabibulina		 4
6 		5
7 		   

[4]

Final Placements
Placing Teams
Promoted  Japan
Second  Chinese Taipei
Third  Kazakhstan
Fourth  South Korea
Fifth  New Zealand
Sixth  Thailand
Seventh  Uzbekistan
Relegated  Indonesia
  •  Japan advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, and were drawn against  Slovenia. They lost 1–4, and thus was relegated back to Group I for 2011.[5]
  •  Indonesia was relegated down to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II for the next year, where they placed first overall and thus achieved advancement back to Group I for 2012.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Japan v Chinese Taipei". fedcup.com.
  2. "South Korea v Kazakhstan". fedcup.com.
  3. "New Zealand v Thailand". fedcup.com.
  4. "Indonesia v Uzbekistan". fedcup.com.
  5. "Fed Cup Profile, Japan". fedcup.com.
  6. "Fed Cup Profile, Indonesia". fedcup.com.
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