Chịkọta isiokwu ahụ:  Serena Williams bụ onye kachasị n'ọkwa meriri ihe ịma aka siri ike na mbido mbụ maka 7-6 (5), 6-2 meriri Camila Giorgi na Satọde iji nye United States ụzọ 1-0 n'elu Italy na Fed Cup World Group playoff. Onweghi onye ọkpụkpọ ọ bụla mebiri ọrụ na asọmpi asọmpi nke mbụ, nke kpebiri naanị mgbe Giorgi si n'elu na-eme ka net na mbụ setịpụrụ Williams. Williams ka mma ruo 19-0 n'afọ a na 15-0 maka ọrụ ya na Fed Cup. Naanị ntụpọ dị na ndekọ Williams n'afọ a bụ mgbe ọ kwụsịrị tupu ọkara-ikpeazụ nke Indian Wells n'ọnwa gara aga site na mmerụ ahụ ikpere. Serena Williams mere ka mba Amerịka buru ụzọ merie Ịtali site na mmeri mbụ ha na Fed Cup. Nọmba 1 n'ụwa na-agbatị aka onye isi ndị US bụ Mary Joe Fernandez mgbe o tinyechara ndị USA n'ihu. Egwuregwu nke abụọ n'usoro egwuregwu ise kachasị mma gosipụtara onye America nke 57th Lauren Davis na-egwu nọmba 15 Sara Errani. Onye meriri n'asọmpi ahụ ga-alaghachi n'otu nke ụwa ma nwee ike ịsọ mpi maka iko Fed Cup n'afọ ọzọ ebe onye meriri ga-alaghachi n'otu nke ụwa nke abụọ. Giorgi bụ ihe ijuanya nke onye isi Corrado Barazzutti họọrọ maka ebe nke abụọ nke Ịtali n'elu Flavia Pennetta nke a mụrụ na Brindisi ma onye dị afọ 23 gosipụtara ihe ijuanya na-eju anya ma nwedịrị ike ịlụso ike Williams na mbido. Williams meriri Camila Giorgi 7-6, 6-2 na ụrọ na Brindisi, Italy. Giorgi gburu Williams na mbụ tupu ọ gbapụ na nke abụọ. Giorgi ji ndị mmeri iri na asaa merie Williams na nke mbụ - nke were ihe karịrị otu elekere - ebe Williams mere mmejọ iri na asatọ na-abụghị nke Giorgi 15. N'enweghị ike igosi egwuregwu ya, Williams gosipụtara nkụda mmụọ ma nọgide na-eti mkpu "Bịanụ!" n'onwe ya na iwe na-ewe iwe ka usoro mbụ ahụ na-aga n'ihu. O jikwa otu aka ya na-akụ ọkpọ mgbe ọ bụla Giorgi na-akụ ọkpọ. Mana Williams gbara bọọlụ nke ọma na tiebreaker wee bulie ụzọ na mbido set nke abụọ.
Mba Amerịka ga-ezute Ịtali n'asọmpi Iko Mbaụwa na Brindisi. Onye nke mbụ n'ụwa Serena Williams meriri Camila Giorgi 7-5, 6-2. Lauren Davies ga-alụso Sara Errani ọgụ n'asọmpi nke abụọ.