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Czech players win Fed Cup fourth time

Xinhua, November 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Czech Republic beat Russia 3-2 in the Fed Cup tennis final on Sunday, successfully defending their title. 

   In the four singles matches, the Czechs drew 2-2 with the Russians, while the hosts won the decisive point in the doubles, in which Karolina Pliskova/Barbora Strycova beat Anastasia Pavlychenkova/Yelena Vesnina 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.

   This is the fourth Fed Cup title that Czech women won in five years, after winning in 2011, 2012 and 2014.  Endi