Russia takes 2-0 lead in Fed Cup final
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With Maria Sharapova cheering from the bench, Russia moved within one victory of its third Fed Cup title.
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Russia easily recaptured the Fed Cup title from last year's surprise winners Italy by thrashing them 4-0 in the Moscow final over the weekend.
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Moscow, Russia (Sports Network) - Russia and France will meet for the Fed Cup title this weekend at Krylatskoe Ice Stadium in a rematch of last year&#39;s semifinals.
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Russian depth simply short-circuited American power. Even without two injured players, Russia still had enough tennis talent to overcome slugging Venus Williams and the United States, 3-2, yesterday in Stowe, Vt., in the semifinals of the Fed Cup.
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Anastasia Myskina and Svetlana Kuznetsova will lead Russia's Fed Cup team when it plays Austria in this month's semifinals. Defending champion France will feature Amelie Mauresmo and Mary Pierce in the other semifinal against Spain, which has won this event five times.
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France&#39;s Nathalie Dechy returns a shot to Spain&#39;s Maria Sanchez Lorenzo during their semi-final Fed Cup tennis match in Moscow, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2004.
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Anastasia Myskina beats Nathalie Dechy to put Russia ahead against France in the Fed Cup final.
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Defending champions Russia progressed smoothly into the semi-finals of the Fed Cup on Sunday, while Spain overcame last season's beaten finalists Italy to set up a last-four clash against China.
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Hot favourites Russia, seeking their first Fed Cup title, will take on champions France in the final after crushing Austria 5-0 on Thursday.
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Fed Cup favourites Russia and France are firmly on course to meet in the final after taking commanding 2-0 leads in their semi-finals on Wednesday.
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Russia and France take commanding leads in their Fed Cup semi-finals against Austria and Spain.
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Russia won its first Fed Cup title yesterday by edging defending champion France 3-2 when Anastasia Myskina and Vera Zvonareva beat Marion Bartoli and Emilie Loit 7-6 (5), 7-5 in the deciding doubles match.
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French Open champion Anastasia Myskina put Russia on the brink of their first Fed Cup title on Sunday, a 6-3 6-4 victory over Nathalie Dechy giving the home team a 2-1 lead in the final against holders France.
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Bob and Mike Bryan win their doubles match to reduce Russia's lead to 2-1 in the Davis Cup.
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Fifth seed Elena Dementieva eased past Patty Schnyder to reach the second round of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow. The French Open and US Open runner-up beat the Swiss player 6-2 6-3.
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Nathalie Dechy jolted U.S. Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 3-6, 7-6 (4), 8-6 Saturday, giving defending champion France a 1-0 lead over Russia in the Fed Cup final.
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(SLOVAKIA-RUSSIA) ~~~~ RUSSIA 5, SLOVAKIA 2 ----- TORONTO (Ticker) -- Alexei Kovalev and Sergei Samsonov scored just over four minutes apart in the second period as Russia clinched second place in the North American pool