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November 9, 2009
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Tennis

Italy routs U.S. team to win Fed Cup: The Williams sisters were conspicuous by their absence on Sunday when Italy completed a shutout of the United States in Reggio Calabria, Italy, to win its second Fed Cup title in four years.

Melanie Oudin lost 7-5, 6-2 to Flavia Pennetta, which gave Italy an insurmountable 3-0 lead in the best-of-five series. The fourth singles match was canceled and Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci completed the 4-0 shutout by edging Liezel Huber and Vania King in doubles 4-6, 6-3 and 11-9 in a champions tiebreaker.

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