Russia beats Germany in Fed Cup semi to book final vs Czechs (Yahoo Sports)
Russia reached the Fed Cup final Sunday, sealing victory at home over Germany in the last doubles rubber. Elena Vesnina and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won 6-2, 6-3 against Andrea Petkovic and Sabine Lisicki to stop a German comeback that had seen them recover from 2-0 down in the best-of-five tie after Saturday’s play. ”Being a team is very important to us … and the home support also helped.” As the Russians celebrated with a lap of honor waving the flag, Germany’s Petkovic wept and was comforted by her teammates. Russia’s win sets up a match with defending champion the Czech Republic, which beat France 3-1.