[color:89d4=#000]Italy kept the title in the Federation Cup Tennis Tournament, after winning a qualifier in the United States 3-1 in the final round on Sunday.
On the second day of competition, beat American Melanie Oudin on Italian Francesca Schiavone 6-1, 6-3 and Flavia Pennetta of Italy beat American Coco Andweg 6-1, 6-2.
The Schiavone won the Andweg 6-2, 6-4, and Benita on the Sands Bethany Mattek 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 in the first day of competition.
Did not doubles match between the Americas still Huber and Odin and two Italian Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci, Italy to settle the outcome.
A third win for Italy five years after the first 2006 and second in 2009 before the United States is also a qualifier, which share control of the contest with Russia, which won the title in the years 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008.
And the imposition of the same logic in the final which was held in Southern California, occupy the lowest in the Italian team works better placed than the highest rated in the U.S. team.
Did not leave the Italian opportunity for American women on the first day, Vtkdmn 2 - zero two wins to Schiavone and Pennetta, but Sunday and faced an ultimatum strong when they beat Odin, ranked 67 globally Schiavone seventh in the world, however, Benita had an easy win in the fourth match on Andweg (18 years), ranked 114 globally.
Did not bet the U.S. team coach Mary Joe Fernandez successful preference "Coco" on Melanie Oudin of the two games in singles, note that Odin only has to win the U.S. team, she participated in a singles match after exposure to infection matic Sands at the end of her match with Benita.
The United States fought the final without sisters Serena and Venus Williams Algaiptin because of injury, which did not participate in the competition since 2007.