The draw for the Fed Cup meeting this weekend has been released, and it is as expected: Sara will open the tie tomorrow at 1.30PM, against Lucie Safarova, and then Roberta Vinci will play Petra Kvitova. On sunday the singles will be reversed, and Sara will play Kvitova, while Roberta will play Safarova. The doubles match will be Pennetta/Schiavone vs Hlavackova/Hradecka.

On the Fed Cup site is an article about the tie with quotes from Sara and audio interviews with different players. Federtennis also posted several videos from Palermo, and of course there are more pictures from Palermo in the photogallery.