MOSCOW (AFP) World number three Vera Zvonareva put Russia in a meeting of the Fed Cup final with the Czech Republic, defeating Roberta Vinci of Italy 6-4, 6-2 Sunday.
This gave the Russians an unassailable 3-0 lead over the defending champions after winning both the singles opening on Saturday.
And they quickly wrapped things like Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova survived Sara Errani 7-6 (7 / 5), 7-6 (7 / 4) in the second singles before returning Pavlyuchenkova teamed with Ekaterina Makarova to complete a milk lime with a 7-6 (7 / 3), 6-1 victory in two Alberta Brianti and Maria-Elena Camerin.
"I considered my mistakes in the first set and improve it," Zvonareva said. "I so wanted to win today in front of our supporters to give our team the decisive point.
"I'm happy to win and put our team in the final. It was one of the most emotional wins of my career. "
Zvonareva, losing finalist last year at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, began the match with an immediate break and took a 2-0 lead, but Errani broke his back in the sixth game to level at three games all.
But the Russian broke again in the ninth game to take the opening set in 45 minutes.
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