Day 1 of the Fed Cup final in Prague is over and the Czech Republic and Russia are tied at 1-1 as their leading players Petra Kvitova and Maria Sharapova recorded victories.
Singles match that opened competition was the one between Petra Kvitova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and even though the Russian raced to a 4-1 lead that she capitalized on by winning the first set 6-2, the world No.6 Czech absolutely shifted the momentum in the following set and roared to a 2-6 6-1 6-1 victory.