Italy won a fourth Fed Cup title with a whitewash 4-0 victory over Russia on Sunday as No. 7-ranked Sara Errani cruised past Alisa Kleybanova before Flavia Pennetta and Karin Knapp won the dead doubles rubber. It took Errani less than an hour to win 6-1, 6-1 against the No. 183-ranked Kleybanova, who has only recently returned to the circuit following treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma. Pennetta and Knapp beat youngsters Margarita Gasparyan and Irina Khromacheva 4-6, 6-2, 10-4. I was focused on every point, there was tension, there is a lot of people here and it means a lot for us.'' Italy became an overwhelming favorite when Russia traveled without any of its top players, due to injuries and a scheduling conflict with the Tournament of Champions in Bulgaria.
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