The World Group playoffs happen this week in the Fed Cup with one match featuring Australia and Ukraine, Slovak Republic and Serbia, Spain and France facing off, and our featured playoffs match between Germany and the USA. Also, the World Group semi-finals is happening, with Russia and Italy and Belgium and Czech Republic. Get your membership at the banners on this page and you can watch live tennis right on your computer. You'll be able to check out streaming tennis from anywhere in the world.

This match between Germany and the United States will happen April 16^th and 17^th and the United States right now has 8 wins to the German's 4 ties. The teams have actually only faced each other twice however in the best of five format that the series is now in, which started in 1995. The United States has taken the championship seventeen times, making them the mos successful Fed Cup nation. They played in the World Group semis most recently in 2002. The Germans meanwhile lost the playoffs last year to France with a final of 3-2.

Germany's team consists of Andrea Petkovic who is ranked number 19^th, and Julia Goerges who is ranked 35^th. Sabine Lisicki is also on the team for Germany, and Anna Lena Groenefeld. The captain is Barbera Rittner. Players for the United States include Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Malanie Oudin, Christina McHale and Leizel Huber and the captain for the Americans is Joe Fernandez. If you want to watch the Fed Cup live from your computer or mobile device, all you have to do is sign up for access to the member's area and you'll get live tennis all year long.