Sam Stosur anticipates Germany selecting Angelique Kerber and Sabine Lisicki for the Fed Cup semi. Source: Jayne Russell / Supplied
GERMANY'S two top-20 players, Angelique Kerber and Sabine Lisicki, will play in Fed Cup in Brisbane over the Easter weekend, Sam Stosur believes.
By doing so, Kerber and Lisicki would jeopardise their results at the Stuttgart tournament, Germany's second biggest, starting the day after the April 19-20 tie at Pat Rafter Arena against Australia.
"They were asking a lot of questions at Indian Wells (three weeks ago), very intrigued to know what we were planning," Stosur said.
"From that, I'd have to think they would play, but when it comes to the crunch maybe they will change their minds.
"We have a good chance against Germany in the semi. Playing at home can be an advantage. It can also put a bit more pressure on you, but we have won the last two times we have played in Australia."
The Australian and German sides must be named by April 9 under competition rules.
Kerber, the world No. 7, was one of three Germans to play at the Brisbane International in January on the hardcourt to be used for the Fed Cup tie.
Kerber was a quarter-finalist, Wimbledon runner-up Lisicki gave up a second-round walkover due to injury and the third-ranked German Andrea Petkovic, ranked 37th, made a second-round, as did Australian No2 Casey Dellacqua.
"Casey's played well in Brisbane and while I haven't had great results at the Brisbane International I really like the awesome atmosphere of playing there," Stosur said.
Stosur is seeded seventh in her first clay tournament of the year this week in Charleston, North Carolina.
The Queenslander has a first round bye and will play either China's Zheng Saisai or Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova in the second round.
Stosur lost in the second round at both the Indian Wells tournament last month (to eventual winner Flavia Pennetta) and Miami (to 104th ranked American Coco Vendewghe), but insists she is working well with new coach Miles Maclagan.
"It's hard to show you're improving with the three recent losses I've had being what they have been but I played well," she said.
"I want to prove it on a match court and I feel I am still learning lots of things, tactically or technically."
Dellacqua is not playing Charleston, but Jarmila Gajdosova won through qualifying there and is scheduled to play Ukrainian Elina Svitolina this morning in the first round.
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