1998 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I – Placement Pool A
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Placement Group A of the 1998 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II was one of six pools in the Americas Zone Group I of the 1998 Fed Cup. The three teams that placed first in the initial pools competed in a round robin competition, with the top team advancing to the World Group II Play-offs.
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| title-2=RR
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| title-3=Set
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| title-4=Game
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| title-5=Standings
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| team-1-abbrev={{flagicon|VEN|1930}} VEN
| team-1={{nowrap|{{fed|VEN|1930}}}}
| match-w/l-1=2–0
| set-w/l-1=10–4
| game-w/l-1=72–59
| standings-1=1
| seed-2=
| team-2-abbrev={{flagicon|PAR}} PAR
| team-2={{fed|PAR}}
| match-w/l-2=1–1
| set-w/l-2=8–7
| game-w/l-2=73–71
| standings-2=2
| seed-3=
| team-3-abbrev={{flagicon|COL}} COL
| team-3={{fed|COL}}
| match-w/l-3=0–2
| set-w/l-3=4–11
| game-w/l-3=71–86
| standings-3=3
|color-row-1= |1v2= 2–1 |1v3= 2–1
|color-row-2= |2v1= 1–2 |2v3= 3–0
|color-row-3= |3v1= 1–2 |3v2= 0–3
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Paraguay vs. Colombia
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|team1=Paraguay
|team2=Colombia
|venue=Tennis Academy, Brasília, Brazil
|date=13 April 1998
|surface=Red clay (outdoors)
|score1=3
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Laura Bernal |5 |6 |9 |T2P1=Mariana Mesa |7 |3 |7 }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Larissa Schaerer |7 |6 | |T2P1=Fabiola Zuluaga |5 |4 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Laura Bernal |T1P2=Larissa Schaerer |2 |6 |6 |T2P1=Mariana Mesa |T2P2=Fabiola Zuluaga |6 |3 |3 }}
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Venezuela vs. Paraguay
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|team1=Venezuela |team1-var=1930
|team2=Paraguay
|venue=Tennis Academy, Brasília, Brazil
|date=14 April 1998
|surface=Red clay (outdoors)
|score1=2
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Milagros Sequera |6 |6 | |T2P1=Laura Bernal |0 |3 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=María Vento |7 |1 |1 |T2P1=Larissa Schaerer |6.025 |6 |6 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Milagros Sequera |T1P2=María Vento |6 |6 | |T2P1=Laura Bernal |T2P2=Larissa Schaerer |3 |2 | }}
}}
Venezuela vs. Colombia
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|team1=Venezuela |team1-var=1930
|team2=Colombia
|venue=Tennis Academy, Brasília, Brazil
|date=15 April 1998
|surface=Red clay (outdoors)
|score1=2
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Milagros Sequera |7 |6 | |T2P1=Mariana Mesa |6.055 |2 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=María Vento |7 |6.055 |1 |T2P1=Fabiola Zuluaga |6.035 |7 |6 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Milagros Sequera |T1P2=María Vento |6 |6 | |T2P1=Mariana Mesa |T2P2=Fabiola Zuluaga |4 |2 | }}
}}
- {{fed|VEN|1930}} advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, where they were drawn against {{fed|BLR}}. They lost 1–4, and were relegated down back to Group I for 1999.{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20005149|title=Belarus v Venezuela|publisher=fedcup.com}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.fedcup.com/en/home.aspx Fed Cup website]
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