By Etienne Stekelenburg
April 24 2004

Croatia is still in the race for victory over previous Fed Cup Champions Belgium. Karolina Sprem didn’t make any mistake and kept the road to success wide open. She will have to deal with Kim Clijsters on Sunday. After her good performance at the Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp she told the audience after her victory that Belgium feels like home and that she enjoys the Belgian atmosphere.

Karolina Sprem said that she was a little nervous at the start of the match. It's the first time she played for her country.

“I am happy to win the match but I didn’t play my best tennis”, the 19-year-old said. “There was a lot of pressure and I was not 100%, it was not easy, the first match on clay”.

The team captain said there is still a chance beating Belgium. He saw Clijsters was not playing her best tennis and that might cause a surprise on Sunday.