American Alexa Glatch beat Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic Saturday for a 1-1 tie in Fed Cup semifinal play. Czech Petra Kvitova posted a 6-3, 7-6 (7-2) victory over American Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the first match of the day. Glatch needed only 56 minutes to pull the U.S.

Victories by Petra Kvitova and Lucie Safarova Sunday sealed a 4-1 Czech Republic domination of Spain in the Fed Cup quarterfinals at Brno, Czech Republic. The Czechs took a 2-1 advantage into Sunday's matches and clinched their surprising victory when Kvitova beat Nuria Llagostera Vives 6-4, 7-5. Safarova, who replaced Iveta Benesova Saturday, recorded a 6-4, 6-3 win over Carla Suarez Navarro. In a meaningless doubles match, Benesova teamed with Kveta Peschke in a 6-4, 6-2 win over Lourdes Dominguez-Lino and Maria-Jose Martinez Sanchez. The Czech players did very well, said Spain captain Miguel Margets Lobato.

Spain and the Czech Republic were 1-1 Saturday, the first day of their Fed Cup quarterfinal at Brno, Czech Republic. Petra Kvitova gave the Czechs an early 1-0 advantage over last year's runner-up by beating Carla Suarez Navarro 6-4, 6-4.

Carla Suarez Navarro plays the first match for Spain against the Czech Republic in this weekend's Federation Cup quarterfinals in Brno. The best-of-five series is to be played on an indoor carpet in the Czech Republic's second largest city with the winner moving into the Fed Cup semifinals against the winner of the Argentina-U.S.

Eighteen-year-old Czech Petra Kvitova won her first WTA championship Friday, topping countrywoman Iveta Benesova in Australia's Hobart International. Kvitova won 7-5, 6-1 and said she was looking forward to playing in the Australian Open, starting Monday in Melbourne. I'm very, very happy, Kvitova said.