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Italy wins Fed Cup title, shuts out US

The Italian team, from left, captain Corrado Barazzutti, Francesca Schiavone, Roberta Vinci, Sara Errani and Flavia Pennetta pose with the Fed Cup trophy, in Reggio Calabria, Italy, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Italy secured its second Fed Cup title in four years Sunday after Flavia Pennetta beat U.S. player Melanie Oudin 7-5, 6-2. (AP Photo/Adriana Sapone)

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Italy wins Fed C... The Italian team, from left, captain Corrado Barazzutti, Francesca Schiavone, Roberta Vinci, Sara Errani and Flavia Pennetta pose with the Fed Cup trophy, in Reggio Calabria, Italy, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Italy secured its second Fed Cup title in four years Sunday after Flavia Pennetta beat U.S. player Melanie Oudin 7-5, 6-2. (AP Photo/Adriana Sapone)
Federer, Djokovi... Switzerland's Roger Federer returns a ball to Switzerland's Marco Chiudinelli during their semifinal match at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors tennis tournament in Basel, Switzerland, Saturday, Nov.7, 2009. (AP Photo/Keystone/Georgios Kefalas)
Italy grabs 2-0 ... Italy's Flavia Pennetta reacts, after winning her Fed Cup tennis final match against U.S. Alexa Glatch , in Reggio Calabria, Italy, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Pennetta posted a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Glatch to give Italy a 1-0 lead over the United States in the Fed Cup final on Saturday. (AP Photo/Adriana Sapone)
ITF confirms 1-y... Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium, right, and his father Marc Wickmayer, center, talk to an Indonesian reporter at Nusa Dua on the Indonesian island of Bali on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Yanina Wickmayer has voluntarily withdrawn from the ongoing Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions on Friday after receiving a one-year suspension by a Belgian anti-doping tribunal. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Bartoli, Rezai s... Marion Bartoli of France reacts after beating Kimiko Date Krumm of Japan 6-1, 6-3 during their semifinal match at the WTA Bali Open tennis tournament in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Gasquet faces do... France's Richard Gasquet returns a ball to Switzerland's Marco Chiudinelli during their quarter final match at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors tennis tournament in Basel, Switzerland, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Keystone/Georgios Kefalas)
Wickmayer withdr... Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium hits a return against Kimiko Date Krumm of Japan during WTA Bali Open Tennis Tournament round robin at Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Wickmayer won 7-6, 6-3. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Agassi seeks com... FILE - In this Sept. 2, 1997 file picture Andre Agassi, seen, during a news conference following his lost match against Australia's Patrick Rafter at the U.S. Open in New York. Andre Agassi's upcoming autobiography contains an admission that he used crystal meth in 1997 and lied to tennis authorities when he failed a drug test - a result that was thrown out after he said he "unwittingly" took the substance. (AP Photo/Ron Frehm, File)
Djokovic beats H... Serbia's Novak Djokovic returns a ball to Czech Republic's Jan Hernych during their round of sixteen match at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors tennis tournament in Basel, Switzerland, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Keystone, Georgios Kefalas)
Serena sets WTA ... Sheikha Hind Bint Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, daughter of the Emir of Qatar, left, presents the trophy to Serena Williams of the United States after winning the singles final against Venus Williams of the United States at the WTA Tennis Championships, in Doha, Qatar Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Serena tops Venu... Serena Williams, right, of the United States holds the trophy after winning the singles final against Venus Williams, left, of the United States at the WTA Tennis Championships, in Doha, Qatar Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Safina retires w... Dinara Safina of Russia sits down injured as she retires from her singles match against Jelena Jankovic of Serbia at the WTA Tennis Championships, in Doha, Qatar Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Davydenko upsets... Nikolay Davydenko of Russia celebrates as he won the singles final against Rafael Nadal of Spain at Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 tennis tournament at Qizhong Stadium Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009 in Shanghai, China. Davydenko won the final, 7-6, 6-3. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Stosur wins Japa... Samantha Stosur of Australia serves to Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark during their semifinal match at the Japan Women's Open Tennis in Osaka, western Japan, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009. Stosur won 6-0,4-6,6-4. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
Top-seeded Penne... Italy's topseeded Flavia Pennetta returns the ball to Romania's Ioana Raluca Olaro, during their quarterfinal match of the Generali Ladies tennis tournament in Linz, Austria, on Friday, Oct. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/rubra)
Nadal advances t... Rafael Nadal of Spain hits a ball against Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia at the quarterfinal match of Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 tennis tournament in Shanghai, China, Friday, Oct. 16, 2009. Nadal defeated Ljubicic 3-6, 6-3 after Ljubicic retiring from the match due to left hip injury on the third set. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Wozniacki reache... Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark returns to Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada during their quarterfinal match at the Japan Women's Open Tennis in Osaka,western Japan, Friday, Oct. 16, 2009. Wozniacki won 6-2, 7-6, 6-2. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
Del Potro retire... Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro, right, stretches his injured hand while chatting with an officer during a match against Jurgen Melzer of Austria at the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 tennis tournament in Shanghai, China, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Del Potro retired from the match with the score 6-7, 1-2 due to his injury. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Cilic routs Nada... Croatia's Marin Cilic celebrates his win over Spain's Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals of the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009. Cilic beat Nadal 6-1, 6-3. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)
Djokovic advance... Serbia's Novack Djokovic returns the ball to Spain's Fernando Verdasco in the quarter finals of the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing Friday, Oct. 9, 2009. Djokovic won the the match 6-3, 2-6, 6-1. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)
Del Potro upsets... Juan Martin del Potro, of Argentina, kisses the championship trophy after winning the men's finals championship over Roger Federer, of Switzerland, at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Monday, Sept. 14, 2009.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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