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Kvitova sends Czechs into Fed Cup final

Petra Kvitova defeated Angelique Kerber 6-2, 6-2 in under an hour to send the Czech Republic to the Fed Cup final with a 3-1 win over Germany in Stuttgart yesterday.

It will be the Czechs鈥 sixth final in eight years.

Kvitova didn鈥檛 give Kerber, a two-time Grand Slam winner, a chance, hitting seven aces and converting five of the six break opportunities she created.

After Germany failed to win a set on Saturday, Julia Goerges had pulled the score back to 2-1 by defeating Karolina Pliskova 6-4, 6-2 earlier yesterday.

Goerges sealed the win in under an hour with her eighth ace, denying the Czechs an early path to the final 鈥 against either France or the United States 鈥 on November 10-11.

Ten-time champion the Czech Republic has won five of the last seven Fed Cup championships while Germany鈥檚 wait for its first title since 2014 continues.


 

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