STUTTGART, Germany (AP) Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova rallied to beat Germany's Sabine Lisicki on Sunday, sending defending champion Czech Republic into the semifinals of the Fed Cup.
Angelique Kerber later beat Lucie Hradecka 6-4, 6-4 to salvage some pride for the hosts. It was the 24-year-old German's first Fed Cup win.
Kvitova edged Lisicki 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-1 to give the Czechs an insurmountable 3-0 lead in the best-of-five first-round series. Iveta Benesova and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova made it a 4-1 victory with a 6-3, 7-6 (4) win over Julia Georges and Anna-Lena Groenefeld in the doubles.
The Czechs next play Ukraine or Italy on April 21-22.