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Biella, Italy (Sports Network) - Italy, which has won three of the last six
Fed Cup titles, will host Ukraine this weekend in a best-of-five World Group
quarterfinal.
First up on Saturday in Biella, Italian Sara Errani will face Kateryna
Bondarenko, while the second opening singles rubber will pit the hosts'
Francesca Schiavone against Lesia Turenko on the indoor red clay at Lauretana
Forum. Schiavone was last year's French Open runner-up and titled at Roland
Garros in 2010.
Sunday's reverse singles have Schiavone taking on Bondarenko and Errani facing
Turenko, while the Day-2 doubles will pit an Italian duo of Errani and Roberta
Vinci against a Ukrainian tandem of Olga Savchuk and Yuliya Beygelzimer.
Team Italy is captained by Corrado Barazzutti, who also has veteran Flavia
Pennetta at his disposal, while the Ukrainians are piloted by Igor Dernovskyi.
The winner in Biella will meet the Czech Republic-Germany victor in April's
semifinals.
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