Aust face leftie challenge in Fed Cup Australian underdog Jarmila Gajdosova takes on left-handed Czech champion Petra Kvitova on day one of the Fed Cup. With the European team hoping to claim a Cup treble in 2013 it will be a fired-up world No.8 Kvitova, who rose to prominence with her Wimbledon win in 2011, starting play on Saturday (11pm AEDT) against Gajdosova. Moving on from a disappointing first-round loss at Melbourne Park in January, world No.9 Sam Stosur is Australia's strength. She faces world No.18 Lucie Safarova later on Saturday. "I'm really going to have to be on my game and ready to go from the first ball," Stosur told AAP after Friday's draw. I know that there is going to be a big crowd out there and they're going to be absolutely into it ... you just want to try and play well and silence as much of the loud stuff as you can. Seven thousand vocal home fans are expected to fill the indoor arena at the eastern Czech city of Ostrava for the weekend of hard court action, which includes a reverse singles line-up on Sunday. As she eyes a return to form, Stosur admits there are challenges in the tie. "It is difficult sometimes playing left-handed players and the Czech side has got two very high-quality players and part of that is because they are left handed and at times I've struggled against both of them," Stosur said. The fast and low-bouncing court surface, laid on an ice rink, is also not favoured by Stosur. "I guess it's an opportunity to bring something else out in your tennis and that's something I've been trying to improve the last few years: adapting my game on surfaces that don't necessarily complement my game," she said. The best-of-five matches format includes a doubles clash scheduled on Sunday, for which Fed Cup debutante Ashleigh Barty will join Casey Dellacqua to play the Czech world No.3 duo of Lucie Hradecka and Andrea Hlavackova. "Yes we're underdogs but sometimes that brings out the best," captain and former Australian Fed Cup player Alicia Molik said of the tie. We will enjoy it on the weekend, we will play with freedom ... we will be very relaxed. Sometimes having to go up against (a home crowd), we really enjoy that challenge.