...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...

Team-before-self mentality serves Italians well

...shot to take 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...

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.

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

...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 and are...

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...

Italians pose daunting challenge to young Americans

...team or the glitz of Serbia's, but in the 1-2 punch of Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone, the Italians own a hard-working duo that makes opponents hustle for every point. Pennetta used...

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.

Youzhny pulls away in Moscow final

Mikhail Youzhny of Russia beat Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia and Francesca Schiavone of Italy defeated Olga Govortsova of Belarus to win Kremlin Cup titles on Sunday.

Tipsarevic to face Youzhny in final

Janko Tipsarevic will play Mikhail Youzhny and Francesca Schiavone will meet Olga Govortsova in the final of the Kremlin Cup, after all four players posted straight-set victories Saturday.

Defending champion Jankovic ousted

Alisa Kleybanova upset defending champion Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 6-3 Friday to advance to the semifinals of the Kremlin Cup.

Jankovic in WTA Championships

elena Jankovic has qualified for next week's season-ending WTA Championships after top-seeded Vera Zvonareva lost to qualifier Tsvetana Pironkova 6-0, 6-2 in the second round of the Kremlin Cup.

Safin tops Davydenko at Kremlin Cup

Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko of Russia and third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland were upset in the first round of the Kremlin Cup on Wednesday.

Ten burning fall season questions

...Does the women's tour exist? With names like Yanina Wickmayer, Petra Kvitova, Samantha Stosur and Francesca Schiavone next to the words "Championship Match," it makes you wonder. But the topsy-turvy results have...