Italy holds Fed Cup edge as Williams sisters absent

Italy holds Fed Cup edge as Williams sisters absent

AFP - November 07, 2009

REGGIO CALABRIA, Italy (AFP) - Italy will head into the Fed Cup final against the United States here this weekend as the overwhelming favourites with both Williams sisters missing from the visitors' line-up.

Had either Serena or Venus been available it would have made a huge difference.

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Italy's Flavia Pennetta eyes the ball as she plays against Russia's Anna Chakvetadze during their tennis Fed Cup semi-final between in Castellaneta Marina, southern Italy. Italy head into the Fed Cup final against the US this weekend as the overwhelming favourites with both Williams sisters missing from the visitors' line-up. AFP
Roger Federer (pic) faces his old schoolmate Marco Chiudinelli in the Swiss Indoors semi-finals. AAP
France's Richard Gasquet, seen here during his loss to Switzerland's Marco Chiudinelli at the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament in Basel, remains outwardly relaxed as he prepares to miss next week's Paris Masters for the second year in succession to attend a hearing in Lausanne on Tuesday which could decide the fate of his tennis career. AFP
British Andy Murray serves to Spain's Albert Montanes during their quarter-final match at the ATP Valencia tennis tournament. Murray won 6-4, 6-2. AFP
Belgian tennis player Xavier Malisse, seen here in September 2009, said Friday he was considering retiring as he did not have the money to appeal his one-year ban for missing a drugs test. AFP
Belgian Yanina Wickmayer has withdrawn from the CBA Tournament of Champions because of a doping ban. AAP
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