Team-before-self mentality serves Italians well

...out Melanie Oudin 7-5, 6-2. The fourth singles match scheduled between Francesca Schiavone and Alexa Glatch was immediately scrapped in favor of closing the proceedings with the doubles. The Italians swept the...

Italy clinches Fed Cup title over U.S.

Italy surged to their second Fed Cup title by taking an unassailable 3-0 lead over the United States in the final on Sunday.

REGGIO CALABRIA, ITALY - NOVEMBER 07: Flavia Pennetta of the Italy plays a return to Alexa Glatch of USA during the Final of the Fed Cup World Group between Italy and the USA...

Glatch, Oudin fall in Fed Cup final

Alexa Glatch and Melanie Oudin have lost in straight sets to give Italy a 2-0 lead over the United States in the Fed Cup final.

Glatch to take on Pennetta in opener

Alexa Glatch of the United States will open against Flavia Pennetta in the Fed Cup final against Italy.

Oudin ready for Fed Cup pressure

...Cup promise for the future lies in the development of a primarily young team: Melanie Oudin, Alexa Glatch and Vania King fit the profile, while naturalized American Leizel Huber, 33, is the voice of...

Italians pose daunting challenge to young Americans

...process. Where's the foresight? As it is, Fernandez is largely counting on Melanie Oudin and Alexa Glatch, ranked 132nd, in singles. Oudin inspired as a 17-year-old at Wimbledon and the U...

US Fed cup player Alexa Glatch (top) celebrates with her teammates victory over Czech republic's Iveta Benesova during the second semifinal...

U.S. Fed Cup leaning on kids again

Despite her pledge to play the Fed Cup finale unless she was in a wheelchair, Serena Williams has bowed out. So it's up to emerging U.S. talent to come through again.

Serena withdraws from Fed Cup final

The U.S. Tennis Association says Serena Williams has pulled out of the team that will face Italy in the Fed Cup final.

Williams, Oudin on Fed Cup team

Serena Williams is back on the U.S. Fed Cup team for the first time since 2007.

Pay attention to the U.S. Fed Cup team

...together something like the Bad New Bears of tennis, what with Bethany Mattek-Sands, Jill Craybas, Alexa Glatch, Liezel Huber, Julie Ditty and others -- a diverse, ragtag bunch if ever there was one -- who...

US team's, from left, Melanie Oudin, Alexa Glatch, Liezel Huber and Bethanie Mattek-Sands celebrate with their national flag after defeating Czech Republic in...

Federer feels Britton's pain

Roger Federer was once in Devin Britton's shoes. But after Monday's opening-day schooling at the U.S. Open, the world No. 1 is elated that era has passed.

Williams sisters, Clijsters advance

Kim Clijsters has made a successful return to Grand Slam tennis, defeating Viktoriya Kutuzova 6-1, 6-1 in the opening round of the U.S. Open.