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Italy captures second Fed Cup crown LOGINREGISTERHELPYOU ARE NOT LOGGED IN NHLNBAMLBCFLNFLCurlingTennisGolfSoccerNASCARFormula OneIndyCar NASCAR Canadian Tire SeriesNationwideCamping WorldAuto RacingWorld JuniorsSpengler CupMenS WHCWomenS WHCHockey CanadaAHLBoxingCanada GamesCHLCISECHLFigure SkatingLacrosseMMANCAASkiingSummer SportsWinter SportsMoreOlympicsFantasyDaily LineShowsTSN TalentCommunityMainScheduleResultsRankingsMoneyWinnersATP ScheduleResultsRaceRankingsMoneyWinnersWTA Tennis on TSNeotText SizeReggio Calabria Italy (Sports Network) Flavia Pennetta clinched Italys second Fed Cup title on Sunday with a straightset victory over American Melanie Oudin in the first of the days reverse singles matchesPennetta posted a 75 62 triumph to give Italy an insurmountable 30 lead in the bestoffive tie Its a very nice feeling said Pennetta We worked hard to get to this point and finally we made it In the beginning of the week everyone expects so many things and we were very nervous But now we are threelove and we can enjoy Sundays second reverse singles match between Francesca Schiavone of Italy and Alexa Glatch of the US was not played The Italians then completed a 40 triumph with a doubles victory by the team of Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci who notched a 46 63 119 triumph the third set played as a match tiebreaker over the American tandem of Vania King and Liezel Huber Italy captured its first Fed Cup crown in 2006 with a victory over Belgium and lost in the title series to Russia in 2007 The Americans appearing in their first Fed Cup final since 2003 have not won the title since the last of their record 17 crowns in 2000 Oudin a surprise US Open quarterfinalist this summer was broken in the first game of Sundays match She managed to break back in the 10th game with Pennetta serving for the set but the Italian came right back with a break in the next game and held serve to close out the opening set After Oudin held in the first game of the second set Pennetta reeled off four straight games to take control She finished the match with a backhand down the line to give Italy the crown In the first set it was so close and I had a lot of chances so I feel like if a couple things would have gone my way or if I wouldve hit this shot on that point then it would have changed the momentum in the match said Oudin But after she won the first set just like what happened yesterday she kind of ran away with it I think I letdown a little bit Pennetta and Schiavone won singles matches on Saturday to give the Italians a commanding 20 lead Pennetta secured the first point for the home country with a 63 61 rout of Glatch before Schiavone followed with a 76 (72) 62 victory over Oudin Italy beat the United States in Fed Cup play for the first time in 10 alltime tries The Americans were playing without Serena and Venus Williams who ...