Pennetta secured the first point for the home country with a 6-3, 6-1 rout of Alexa Glatch before Schiavone followed with a 7-6 (7-2), 6-2 victory over Melanie Oudin.

The Americans, appearing in their first Fed Cup final since 2003, will need to sweep Sunday's reverse singles and take the ensuing doubles match to claim the title. With a team featuring the 132nd-ranked player in the world in Glatch and the 49th-ranked Oudin, an 18th Fed Cup crown -- and first since 2000 -- appears unlikely.

The top-seeded Bartoli cruised to a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Japan's Kimiko Date Krumm, while Rezai notched a 6-2, 6-3 triumph over Spain's Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez.

Bartoli will play in her fourth final of 2009 and will try for her third title of the year. She won previously in Monterrey and Stanford, while losing in her first event of the season at Brisbane back in January.

Reggio Calabria, Italy

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Flavia Pennetta leads Alexa Glatch, 3-1 Francesca Schiavone vs. Melanie Oudin

Flavia Pennetta vs. Melanie Oudin Francesca Schiavone vs. Alexa Glatch

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Bali, Indonesia

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Marion Bartoli (1) leads Kimiko Date Krumm (12), 6-1, 1-0 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (6) vs. Aravane Rezai (10)

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Bartoli went 2-0 and captured this week's A Group with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over seventh-seeded Israeli Shahar Peer (1-1) in Friday's round-robin action on the indoor hardcourts at the Bali International Convention Centre.

The former Wimbledon runner-up Bartoli will face 39-year-old Japanese Kimiko Date Krumm (1-1) in Saturday's final four. The 12th-seeded Date Krumm wound up capturing this week's three-woman C Group.

Glatch, ranked 132nd in the world, was forced into playing singles this week when world No.

1 American superstar Serena Williams announced her withdrawal from this week's final last week.

Bali, Indonesia

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Marion Bartoli (1) vs. Shahar Peer (7) Samantha Stosur (2) leads Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (6), 4-3 Yanina Wickmayer (3) vs. Anabel Medina Garrigues (5) Sabine Lisicki (4) vs. Melinda Czink (8)

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The 12th-seeded 39-year-old Date Krumm straight-setted Medina Garrigues in 6-4, 6-3 fashion on the indoor hardcourts at the Bali International Convention Centre.

A milder upset came when a 10th-seeded Rezai topped eighth-seeded Hungarian Melinda Czink 6-3, 7-5 to improve to 2-0 for the week and move into the final four here.

The 12th-seeded 39-year-old Date Krumm straight-setted Medina Garrigues in 6-4, 6-3 fashion on the indoor hardcourts at the Bali International Convention Centre.

A milder upset came when 10th-seeded Frenchwoman Aravane Rezai topped eighth- seeded Hungarian Melinda Czink 6-3, 7-5.

Bali, Indonesia

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Anabel Medina Garrigues (5) vs. Kimiko Date Krumm (12) Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (6) vs. Agnes Szavay (9) Shahar Peer (7) leads Magdalena Rybarikova (11), 6-1 Melinda Czink (8) vs. Aravane Rezai (10)

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Bartoli (1-0) handled 11th-seeded Slovakian Magdalena Rybarikova 6-4, 6-4, while Stosur (1-0) held off ninth-seeded Hungarian Agnes Szavay 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 on the indoor hardcourts at the Bali International Convention Centre.

Meanwhile, third-seeded Belgian Yanina Wickmayer (1-0) got past 12th-seeded Japanese veteran Kimiko Date Krumm 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 and 10th-seeded Frenchwoman Aravane Rezai (1-0) upset fourth-seeded German Sabine Lisicki 1-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Bali, Indonesia

Total Prize Money: $600,000

Marion Bartoli (1) vs. Magdalena Rybarikova (11) Samantha Stosur (2) vs. Agnes Szavay (9) Yanina Wickmayer (3) leads Kimiko Date Krumm (12), 7-6 (7-5), 2-3 Sabine Lisicki (4) vs. Aravane Rezai (10)

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Bali, Indonesia

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Marion Bartoli (1) vs. Magdalena Rybarikova (11) Samantha Stosur (2) vs. Agnes Szavay (9) Yanina Wickmayer (3) vs. Kimiko Date Krumm (12) Sabine Lisicki (4) vs. Aravane Rezai (10), 2:00 AM ET

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Petersburg, FL (Sports Network) - Serena Williams set a new single- season record on the WTA Tour by earning more than $6.5 million in prize money this year.

The old record was held by Justine Henin, who earned just under $5.5 million two years ago.

The second-seeded Serena notched a 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) triumph for her third title of 2009 and the 35th of her brilliant career. Her only other wins this year came at the Australian Open and Wimbledon, but she will finish 2009 as the top-ranked women's player in the world.

It was a perfect week for Serena, who was 3-0 in her round-robin group and beat Caroline Wozniacki in the semifinals. Wozniacki, the U.S. Open runner-up from Denmark, retired in the second set on Saturday.

Doha, Qatar

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Serena Williams (2) leads Venus Williams (7), 3-2

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Venus inched her way through round-robin action and into the final four despite a 1-2 mark, then advanced to her second straight final in this event with a 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Jelena Jankovic.

Serena, who captured the group with a perfect 3-0 record, moved into Sunday's final when Caroline Wozniacki retired with a left abdominal strain while trailing 6-4, 0-1.

Doha, Qatar

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Serena Williams (2) vs. Caroline Wozniacki (4) Venus Williams (7) vs. Jelena Jankovic (8), 3-3

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The reigning Championships titlist Venus will join her year-end No. 1 sister Serena in the final four, which will also include U.S. Open runner-up Caroline Wozniacki and former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic. Saturday's semifinals will pit Serena against Wozniacki and Venus versus Jankovic.

On Friday, a third-seeded Kuznetsova, the reigning French Open champ, easily topped a fifth-seeded Dementieva, the reigning Olympic gold medalist, 6-3, 6-2.

Doha, Qatar

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Svetlana Kuznetsova (3) vs. Elena Dementieva (5) Jelena Jankovic (8) leads Caroline Wozniacki (4), 5-2 Victoria Azarenka (6) vs. Vera Zvonareva

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The reigning Wimbledon and Australian Open champion Serena, seeded second here, handled fifth-seeded Olympic gold medalist Elena Dementieva 6-2, 6-4 at Khalifa Tennis Complex, as Dementieva dropped to 1-1 in the round-robin portion of this event.

Serena captured this prestigious tournament eight years ago.

Doha, Qatar

Total Prize Money: $4,550,000

Serena Williams (2) vs. Elena Dementieva (5) Svetlana Kuznetsova (3) vs. Venus Williams (7) Caroline Wozniacki (4) leads Vera Zvonareva, 6-0, 0-1

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Serena's two victories already this week, combined with Safina's withdrawal, assures that the American star will finish as a year-end No. 1 for only the second time in her illustrious career. The 28-year-old Serena also turned the trick back in 2002.

The reigning Wimbledon and Australian Open champion Serena just lost the No. 1 ranking to Safina on Monday.

Doha, Qatar

Total Prize Money: $4,550,000

Dinara Safina (1) vs. Jelena Jankovic (8) Serena Williams (2) vs. Venus Williams (7) Victoria Azarenka (6) leads Caroline Wozniacki (4), 6-1, 0-1

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A second-seeded Serena edged out third-seeded French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-6 (8-6), 7-5, while a seventh-seeded Venus lost to fifth-seeded Olympic gold medalist Elena Dementieva 3-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-2 on opening day at this prestigious eight-player event at Khalifa Tennis Complex. Venus had won six straight matches against the two-time major runner-up Dementieva.

Venus is the reigning Championships titlist, having beaten Russian Vera Zvonareva in last year's title match here.