Flavia Pennetta

SIGNED AND SEALED: Italian tennis star Flavia Pennetta, the world number 12, has signed to play at next year's Auckland ASB Classic. Ferrer back for Heineken Open Open book on Agassi Djokovic edges Monfils in Paris thriller Jones loses in...

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...once a ballboy. • Host Italy completed a 4-0 shutout of the United States to win its second Fed Cup title in four years. Flavia Pennetta topped Melanie Oudin 7-5, 6-2 to give Italy an insurmountable 3-0 lead in the best-of-five series. The...

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...Rocco Polimeni club. Maurizio Lagana/Getty ImagesAmerican Melanie Oudin was outmatched Sunday by Italy's Flavia Pennetta, hitting only 12 winners to Pennetta's 26. "We're the world champions, it's simple," Pennetta said. "We've played...

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...to play for my country. Other people choose different things," U.S. Open quarterfinalist Melanie Oudin said after her 7-5, 6-2 loss to Flavia Pennetta gave Italy an insurmountable 3-0 lead in the best-of-five series. Italy's Flavia Pennetta...

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By Mark Meadows Italy surged to their second Fed Cup title by destroying the United States 4-0 in the final on Sunday. Flavia Pennetta charged past Melanie Oudin 7-5 6-2 in the third singles rubber to give an unassailable 3-0 lead to...

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Italy surged to their second Fed Cup title by taking an unassailable 3-0 lead over the United States in the final on Sunday. Flavia Pennetta charged past Melanie Oudin 7-5 6-2 in the third singles rubber to wrap up an easy victory for the...

In this article: Melanie Oudin, Fed Cup, Italy, United States, Alexa Glatch, Francesca Schiavone, Corrado Barazzutti, and Venus Williams

...Fed Cup title in four years on Sunday, completing a shutout of a U.S. team playing without Venus and Serena Williams. Flavia Pennetta beat U.S. Open quarterfinalist Melanie Oudin 7-5, 6-2 to give the experienced Italians an...

In this article: Melanie Oudin, Fed Cup, Italy, United States, Corrado Barazzutti, Serena Williams, U.S. Open, Francesca Schiavone, Wimbledon, and Sara Errani

Italy claimed their second Fed Cup title in three years as Flavia Pennetta cruised to a 7-5 6-2 win against American teenager Melanie Oudin on the red clay on Sunday. The victory in just over an hour and a half gave Italy an unassailable...

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...providing any bounce. "There was a bit too much clay on the court, but that's what we asked for," Pennetta said. Italy's Flavia Pennetta reacts after winning a point during her Fed Cup final tennis match against USA's Alexa Glatch, in...

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...a 20-year-old who has never been in the top 100, against a team with two players in the world's top 20. Italy's world number 11 Flavia Pennetta will open the final against Alexa Glatch following Friday's draw. That will be followed by...

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