 In the third round Lithuania had a rematch of last year's tie against Slovenia, only this time Slovenian team came to Vilnius.The best two Lithuanian tennis players Berankis and Grigelis represented Lithuania in all five matches but they managed to win only two of them – Berankis defeated Blaž Kavčič in the first rubber and Lithuania came back from two sets to love down in the doubles match.Eventually, Lithuania ended up losing 2–3 and Slovenia was promoted to the first group.