The United States, Italy, Czech Republic and Russia reached the Fed Cup semifinals Sunday. Teenager Melanie Oudin beat Julie Coin to give the Americans an unassailable lead at France on the way to a 4-1 victory, while Francesca Schiavone rallied from a set down to beat Kateryna Bondarenko and help Italy to a resounding 4-1 win against Ukraine. The Czech Republic reached a second consecutive Fed Cup semifinal by beating Germany in the decisive doubles match. It also went down to the doubles as four-time champion Russia defeated Serbia 3-2 as Svetlana Kuznetsova and Alisa Kleybanova beat Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic 6-1, 6-4 in the decisive rubber. Earlier Sunday in the reverse singles, Kleybanova beat Ivanovic 6-2, 6-3, while Jankovic defeated Kuznetsova 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 to level the tie. Russia will now meet the United States, which trounced France 4-1, in the semifinals. Oudin defeated Coin 7-6 (3), 6-4 on the indoor clay court at the Stade Couvert Regional de Lievin in just over two hours in the first reverse singles. The 18-year-old Oudin broke Coin in the fifth game of the second set and clinched the match when the Frenchwoman shanked a forehand. Oudin had saved two break points at 5-5 in the first to force the tiebreaker, where she hit three straight winners to close out the set. With the US through, France restored some pride with Pauline Parmentier's 6-4, 6-4 win over Christina McHale before Mattek-Sands teamed with Liezel Huber for a 6-2, 6-3 doubles win over Cornet and Stephanie Cohen-Aloro. Ivanovic struggled on her serve against the 31st-ranked Kleybanova and committed 51 unforced errors. Italy and Ukraine started Sunday at 1-1 in Kharkiv before Flavia Pennetta beat Alona Bondarenko 7-5, 7-6 (3) to put Italy ahead. Schiavone then struggled in the first set and was broken twice before racing out to a 5-0 lead in both the second and third. Roberta Vinci and Sara Errani beat Mariya Koryttseva and Viktoria Kutuzova 6-1, 6-3 to complete the win. Italy will play the Czech Republic after Lucie Hradecka teamed up with veteran doubles specialist Kveta Peschke to defeat Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Tatjana Malek 6-1, 6-3 on indoor hardcourt at the Brno Exhibition Center. The Czech pair dominated the first set before the Germans got briefly back in the match with a 2-0 lead in the second. The Czechs finally converted the sixth break point in the sixth game and went on to secure a comfortable victory. Earlier Sunday, Groenefeld rallied to overcome Petra Kvitova 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 to draw Germany even at 2-2 after Hradecka beat Andrea Petkovic 6-1, 7-6 (5) in the first reverse singles to give the Czechs a 2-1 lead in the series. Kvitova had rallied from 2-0 down in the first set but struggled the rest of the way and lost in a little over two hours. In World Group II, Australia beat Spain 3-2 in Adelaide, Belgium beat Poland 3-2, Estonia beat Argentina 4-1 and Slovakia beat China 3-2.
