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U.S. digs deep in emotional win

By Bonnie D. Ford
ESPN.com

Monday, April 27, 2009

The champagne was delivered to the Czech Republic's bench sometime during the second set. Doubles partners Iveta Benesova and Kveta Peschke were up a break on their American opponents and, to the delight of a home crowd in the city of Brno, they had another break point to win the match that would clinch their country's trip to the Fed Cup finals this fall. On the other side of the net, Liezel Huber was swabbing at her eyes regularly as they welled up with tears of frustration between points ...

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