Kirilenko injury halts Russian lineup plans

Russian captain Shamil Tarpischev’s plan to insert his top-ranked player, Maria Kirilenko, into his Fed Cup lineup against Serbia was blown apart when Kirilenko re-injured her leg. Kirilenko had had treatment on the injury just before she arrived in Moscow, Sport Express reports. Tarpischev then had to play Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who had dropped her opening match against Jelena Jankovic, and she then lost to Ana Ivanovic  3-6, 6-0, 6-3. Serbia won the tie 3-2 with Jankovic sweeping Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-1, 6-4, in the clinching match.