New Zealand and Malaysia have pulled out of their Fed Cup Asia-Oceania zonal group ties, unable to find suitable players to field a team.
New Zealand's Sacha Jones is injured while Marina Erakovic, who is returning from injury, has opted to play a challenger this week in an attempt to boost her ranking. "We didn't think it was viable," said New Zealand federation chief Steve Wood.
The same decision was made by Malaysia when it could not find a second player. "We found it unfeasible as Jawairiah [Noordin] is now on her own while Neesha [Thirumalaichelvam] is pursuing her studies in the United States," said the national federation's executive secretary.