Irish BNP Paribas Fed Cup team face Malta

The Irish BNP Paribas Fed Cup team of Amy Bowtell, Sinead Lohan, Jenny Claffey and Lynsey McCullough arrived in Cairo this weekend and will face Malta today on the first day of play in Egypt.

Irish no. 1, Amy Bowtell will play 26 year old Roseann Dimech in the this morning. Following this, Sinead Lohan will face Elaine Genovese and the doubles pairings will be confirmed later today.

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