STUTTGART, Germany — Petra Kvitova defeated Angelique Kerber 6-2, 6-2 in under an hour to send the Czech Republic to the Fed Cup final with what proved to be a 4-1 win over Germany on Sunday. After Kvitova won the deciding rubber to make it 3-1, Katerina Siniakova and Barbora Strycova also won the doubles match that they were leading 7-5 when Julia Goerges and Anna-Lena Groenefeld retired after 37 minutes. It will be the Czechs’ sixth final in eight years. Goerges sealed the win in under an hour with her eighth ace, denying the Czechs an early path to the final on Nov. 10-11. The 10-time champion Czechs have won five of the last seven Fed Cup championships and now have an 8-1 head-to-head record against their hosts.

Source: National Post April 22, 2018 10:26 UTC