SAN DIEGO(AP) Melanie Oudin upset French Open champion Francesca Schiavone 6-3, 6-1 to keep the United States alive against Italy in the Fed Cup final Sunday.
With Billie Jean King watching from the front row, the 19-year-old Oudin dominated the 30-year-old Italian from midway through the first set to pull the United States to 2-1 in the best-of-five finale.
Oudin won the last three games of the first set, then won the first three games of the second set, the first two at love. After Schiavone held serve in the fourth game, Oudin closed it out by winning three straight games. She won match point on an ace, and the crowd roared when the official review showed it was just in.
Fed Cup rookie CoCo Vandeweghe played Flavia Pennetta in the fourth singles match.