A leaking roof at Naples' indoor PalaVesuvio arena failed to distract Spain from taking a surprise 2-0 lead over last year's finalists Italy, while China punished France for turning up with a second-string team in Beijing to also open up a 2-0 advantage.
Having been held up for almost an hour midway through the third set after rainwater dripped from the roof on to the court, world number 136 Nuria Llagostera Vives doused Italy's hopes of an early lead with a 7-6 3-6 6-2 win over Francesca Schiavone.
MISERABLE DAY
Spain's top player, Anabel Medina Garrigues, completed a miserable day for the hosts by swatting aside Flavia Pennetta 6-2 6-3.
Lindsay Davenport of the United States, reacts after a missed shot during her match against Germany's Sabine Lisicki in the quarterfinals of the Fed Cup tennis tournament held at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club in San Diego, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008. [Agencies] "I made three or four errors at important times and it cost me the match," Italian number one Schiavone told reporters. "At the break I was thinking I could make a change and it would favour me but instead she played well."
Twice former champions France seem headed for an early exit after former world number one Amelie Mauresmo and last year's Wimbledon finalist Marion Bartoli refused to make the trip to China.
The duo were sorely missed after Li Na showed little mercy to tournament debutant Alize Cornet during a 6-3 6-1 victory.
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