The final of Fed Cup will take place without Russia's participation

The Italians did not let Russian tennis players into the final of the Tennis Cup, guaranteeing a victory in the home semi -final match based on the results of the fourth single match - 3: 1. The decisive point to the housewives of the court in the town of Castellneta Marina brought Francesca Schiavone, who outplayed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkov.

The Russian woman, who at the last moment, by decision of the team captain Shamil Tarpishcheva, replaced Anna Chakvetadze in a Sunday match, lost to her opponent three sets. Having lost in the first batch on the Tai Break, Pavlyuchenkova rather confidently won the second set, but she had no longer left. As a result, the experienced Schiavon outplayed the 17-year-old rival with a score of 7: 6 (9: 7), 4: 6, 6: 2. The match lasted nearly 3 hours.

After two Loners lost on Saturday, the first racket of the Russian national team Svetlana Kuznetsova warmed up the intrigue in the match, outplaying the Italian leader Flavia Pennett on Sunday and making an account in the match 1: 2. There was still a pair duel that has no tournament significance in the semi -final program.

Earlier, the national teams of Italy and Russia played four times against each other, and all four meetings were won by the Russians. The last time they met in 2007 in Moscow as part of the Federation Cup finals, and then the housewives of the courts did not leave the rivals a single chance - 4: 0.

The Russians resigned the powers of the winners of the Federation Cup, which they have won four times over the past 5 years. The Italians won their only trophy at the tournament in 2006, RIA Novosti recalls.