Former Wimbledon and Australian Open champion Amelie Mauresmo cruised to a 6-1 ,6-4 victory over Japan’s Ai Sugiyam in the first reverse singles match on Sunday to clinch their Fed Cup by Paribas World Group Playoff tie 3-0 for France at Ariake Colosseum.
Relying on a sweeping forehand and slicing backhand, Mauresmo took just 1 hour and 15 minutes to dispatch Sugiyama and assure France of remaining in the World Group in 2009.
“I felt like I had control of the match from the beginning,” Mauresmo said. “I could read her balls well and played strongly from the baseline.”
In the fourth dead singles rubber, Virginie Razzano defeated Aiko Nakamura 6-4, 6-4 and in the doubles, Ayumi Morita and Ai Sugiyama got a point back for Japan, claiming victory over Alize Cornet and Nathalie Dechy 6-1, 6-3.
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