article_snippet.sent: Top-ranked Serena Williams had to fight back from a set down and figure out how to deal with strong winds before overcoming Italy's Sara Errani 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3 in a Fed Cup play-off Sunday, giving the United States a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series.
article_snippet.sent: While Top-ranked Serena Williams held a massive 70-7 lead in winners, Serena Williams committed nearly three times as many unforced errors as the 15th-ranked Errani.
article_snippet.sent: Until the very end, Top-ranked Serena Williams struggled to dictate play against an opponent who had never before presented Serena Williams with serious problems.
article_snippet.sent: Serena Williams fought back to beat Italian Sara Errani in the Fed Cup play-off on Sunday .
article_snippet.sent: Still, Top-ranked Serena Williams improved to 20-0 this year and 16-0 in Fed Cup for her career.
article_snippet.sent: But U.S. captain Mary Joe Fernandez has said that Top-ranked Serena Williams will play doubles if the series is tied, in which case Italian Sara Errani would likely pair with Brindisi-born Flavia Pennetta.
article_snippet.sent: Top-ranked Serena Williams entered with a 7-0 career edge over Italian Sara Errani and had lost a total of four games in Williams will play doubles if the series is tied, in which case Errani would likely pair with Pennetta previous two meetings.
article_snippet.sent: Top-ranked Serena Williams and Italian Sara Errani often had to catch Williams and Errani tosses and start Williams and Errani service motions over again, or delay play when the wind whipped clay into Williams and Errani eyes between points. '
article_snippet.sent: Italian Sara Errani gave Top-ranked Serena Williams a real scare but in the end the world no 1's power proved to be too much .
article_snippet.sent: Already in the first three games of the match, Top-ranked Serena Williams committed nine unforced errors as Italian Sara Errani played Italian Sara Errani usual defensive game and just tried to keep the rallies going.
article_snippet.sent: With the soldout crowd of 4,000 chanting Italian Sara Errani first name, Italian Sara Errani served for the match at 5-4 in the second set but Top-ranked Serena Williams played solidly and then the American surged to a 6-1 lead in the tiebreaker and pushed Italian Sara Errani to a third.
article_snippet.sent: Italian Sara Errani was tied 3-3 before Top-ranked Serena Williams finally surged ahead and won the final three games, closing Italian Sara Errani out at love in the last game on Italian Sara Errani first match point. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Serena Williams defeated Sara Errani for the United States in the Fed Cup .
  