...From L) Italy's tennis Fed Cup Team's Captain Corrado Barazutti, players Francesca Schiavone, Flavia Pennetta,Roberta Vinci and Sara Errani hold up the trophies on the podium of the Fed Cup...

Team-before-self mentality serves Italians well

...time. It means that much to them. I think Flavia and one of the other ones qualified for Bali. [It was an] opportunity for her [Pennetta] to end the year in the top 10, and...

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.

...CALABRIA, ITALY - NOVEMBER 08: Melanie Oudin of the USA shows her dejection during the match against Flavia Pennetta of Italy at the final of the Fed Cup World Group between Italy and the USA...

REGGIO CALABRIA, ITALY - NOVEMBER 07: Flavia Pennetta of the Italy plays a return to Alexa Glatch of USA during the Final of the...

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.

Oudin ready for Fed Cup pressure

...title -- but the first victory since 2000. The Italians, who boast a more established squad of Flavia Pennetta, Francesca Schiavone, Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci, have been in three of the past four finals...

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.

Triumphs to tears: Assessing the 2009 WTA stars

With a mid-tier event currently being played in Bali and the Italians hosting the U.S. in this weekend's Fed Cup final, the WTA tour's winter break ha...

Italy's Flavia Pennetta plays a backhand against Russia's Anna Chakvetadze during their tennis Fed Cup semi-final between...

Italians pose daunting challenge to young Americans

...those wins, a 6-1, 6-1 drubbing, came against none other than Italian No. 1 Flavia Pennetta at the French Open. Before you get too excited, let's point out that Pennetta played...

Belgium's Justine Henin returns the ball during an exhibition match against Italy's Flavia Pennetta at the 7th CPH Women Tennis Trophy in Charleroi , Belgium, Sunday Dec. 6, 2009. After a...

Belgium's Justine Henin reacts after winning an exhibition match against Italy's Flavia Pennetta at the 7th CPH Women Tennis Trophy in Charleroi , Belgium, Sunday Dec. 6, 2009. After a...

Belgium's Justine Henin returns the ball during an exhibition match against Italy's Flavia Pennetta at the 7th CPH Women Tennis Trophy in Charleroi , Belgium, Sunday Dec. 6, 2009. After a...

Belgium's Justine Henin reacts after winning an exhibition match against Italy's Flavia Pennetta at the 7th CPH Women Tennis Trophy in Charleroi , Belgium, Sunday Dec. 6, 2009. After a...