Russia and France will play for World Group advancement in the first round in the Fed Cup, which is the team event of the year for the women of tennis, putting nation against nation as they try to avoid being relegated and attempt to come out on top. The Fed Cup is the Davis Cup of woman's tennis and there are four matches this week. Get your membership now at the banners on this page and you can watch tennis streams on your computer or laptop from literally anywhere in the world, for a year's access to tennis.

Besides Russia and France, Belgium and the USA is another World Group match and Slovakia and Czech Republic will be playing as well, along with Australia taking on Italy. The World Group matches will happen February 5^th through the 6^th. Russia and France have met in the Fed Cup eight times in the past, most recently in 2004 and 2005 when they were playing for the finals. Russia was able to take both of the finals to win the Fed Cup, and France, even though they have some wins under their belt, has far to go with a record of 5-3 in Russia's favor.

Playing for Russia in the Fed Cup is sixteenth ranked Maria Sharapova, who will be joining Svetlana Kuznetsova for the Russian Team as well as Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Dinara Safina. As far as France goes, their top ranked player is Alize Cornet, ranked number 83, as well as Virginie Razzano, Pauline Parmentier and Julie Coin. To watch this match and the Fed Cup live click on the banners that you see on this page and you can access live tennis streams from our member's area and have access to tennis all year.