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Italy's Pennetta, Schiavone prevail

Associated Press

Saturday, April 25, 2009

CASTELLANETA MARINA, Italy -- Flavia Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone won their singles matches Saturday to give Italy a 2-0 lead against Russia in the Fed Cup semifinals. Pennetta beat Anna Chakvetadze 6-4, 6-0, and Schiavone rallied to defeat Svetlana Kuznetsova 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 on the clay courts at Nova Yardinia tennis club. Pennetta broke twice in the opening set, and lost only nine points in the second to close out the match in 67 minutes. "I didn't expect that result," Pennetta said. "The ...

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