U.S. advances to final of Fed Cup tennis competition
CoCo Vandeweghe and Bethanie Mattek-Sands defeated Kristyna Pliskova and Katerina Siniakova 6-2, 6-3 on Sunday in Wesley Chapel, Fla., to send the United States to its first Fed Cup final in seven years with a 3-2 semifinal victory over three-time defending champion Czech Republic.
The Americans will face Belarus, which won its semifinal against Switzerland, for the championship of the international women’s tennis team competition Nov. 11- 12.
Earlier Sunday, Vandeweghe won her singles match for the second straight day, giving the U.S. a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series.
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