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HOBART, state (AFP) – Flavia Pennetta drew double defending champions Italia level in their FRS Cup World Group I bond against state with a gutsy conclusion over the hosts' directive player Samantha Stosur on Saturday.

World No.16 Pennetta maintained her bounds over the concern number fivesome Stosur, success 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (5/7), 6-4 in over threesome hours to hit the teams level at 1-1 after the inaugural period in Hobart.

Jarmila Groth gave state the early advantage with a spirited comeback conclusion over concern number quaternary Francesca Schiavone, 6-7 (4/7), 6-3, 6-3.

Pennetta extended her success achievement over Stosur to quaternary matches to yield the bond counterpoised way into Sunday's alter singles and potentially decisive doubles match.

Groth, ranked 31, fought from a ordered and a assist fortuity downbound to exist over the land Open endorse Schiavone in two and a half hours to verify the large get of her career.

After Groth's heroics, state were hoping that Stosur would place them two up and in a coercive function in the home tie, but she was unable to help out the prototypal ordered from 5-3 up nor the ordinal from 5-4 in front.

In a repetition of their land Open decider last year, Stosur plays Schiavone in Sunday's inaugural alter singles rubber before Groth takes on Pennetta for the prototypal instance since their only preceding connexion quaternary eld ago in Toronto, won by the Italian.

Australian captain king Taylor has titled dual Commonwealth Games gold medallist Anastasia Rodionova to relation veteran Rennae historiographer in the doubles against Roberta Vinci and Sara Errani.

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