Pennetta, Vinci secure Italy's Fed Cup win Flavia Pennetta of Italy returns the ball to Shuai Peng of China during fourth-round action at the U.S. Open held at the National Tennis Center on September 4, 2011 in New York. BIELLA, Italy, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Flavia Pennetta and Roberta Vinci teamed up for a doubles win Sunday, leading Italy to a 3-2 Fed Cup quarterfinals decision over Ukraine. Pennetta and Vinci combined to best the Ukrainian duo of Olga Savchuk and Lesia Tsurenko 7-5, 0-6, 6-1 to place Italy into the Fed Cup semifinals. Underdog Ukraine forced the deciding doubles match when Italy's Sara Errani retired when trailing Lesia Tsurenko 6-1, 3-0 in the day's second reverse-singles match. Italy had taken a 2-1 lead when Francesca Schiavone overcame a first-set loss to outlast Kateryna Bondarenko 6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-4. Ukraine also posted an upset in Saturday's Day 1 when Tsurenko surprised Schiavone 6-1, 6-2 in the second singles match. Italy now goes on to face the Czech Republic in April's semifinals.