Palermo: Roberta Vinci will face Petra Kvitova on the opening day of the Fed Cup semi-finals between Italy and the two-time defending champion Czech Republic. Vinci beat former Wimbledon champion Kvitova in straight sets in Poland last weekend to move up to a career-high ranking of No. 12.
The semifinal opens Saturday with seventh-ranked Sara Errani facing the 25th-ranked Lucie Safarova.
After reverse singles on Sunday on the red clay at the Palermo Tennis Club, Flavia Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone are scheduled to face Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka in doubles.
However, if it goes down to the doubles, Italy captain Corrado Barazzutti also has the option of playing Errani and Vinci, the top-ranked pairing on the WTA Tour....
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12:08 PM, Mar 27, 2013
Kvitova, who won 6-3 6-4, has yet to drop a set in Dubai, the world No.8 returning to form after failing to win more than two matches at any other tournament this year. ...
08:45 AM, Feb 23, 2013
Sara Errani reached her second final of the season on Friday, beating doubles partner Roberta Vinci 6-3, 6-3. ...
11:45 PM, Feb 22, 2013
Vinci, who beat sixth-ranked Angelique Kerber to reach the quarterfinals, humbled the former US Open champion 6-2 6-4. ...
08:08 PM, Feb 21, 2013
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci won the first Australian Open title of 2013, beating Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. ...
02:52 PM, Jan 25, 2013
Sofia: Caroline Wozniacki and Roberta Vinci had easy straight-set victories Tuesday in their first round-robin matches at the season-ending Tournament of Champions. The top-seeded Wozniacki defeated Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan 6-2, 6-2 in 60 minutes while it took Vinci five minutes longer to rout Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova 6-1, 6-2. Wozniacki converted all five of her break points and only lost her serve once, in the second set. "I always try...
09:50 AM, Oct 31, 2012
New York: Roberta Vinci toppled second seed Agnieszka Radwanska to cap a rousing upset double for Italy at the US Open on Monday that also put her doubles partner Sara Errani into the women's singles quarter-finals. Errani, the 10th seed, beat sixth-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany 7-6, 6-3, and 20th seed Vinci followed onto Louis Armstrong Stadium court for a 6-1, 6-4 shocker to end a doubly delightful afternoon for...
08:50 AM, Sep 04, 2012
