<p>The Czech Republic won a second straight Fed Cup here on Sunday after Lucie Safarova gave them an unbeatable 3-1 lead over Serbia by thrashing Jelena Jankovic 6-1, 6-1. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Safarova cruised past Jankovic in just an hour and 17 minutes, keeping the Serbian under constant pressure and earning 32 winners against Jankovic’s eight. <br /><br />“It’s fantastic because it happened at home, in Prague, in front of our fans,” a triumphant Safarova said. The Czechs stumbled earlier on Sunday after Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic reduced their two rubber lead from Saturday to 2-1 by beating Petra Kvitova 6-3, 7-5. <br /><br />Ivanovic, the world number 12, needed an hour and 46 minutes to sink Kvitova, the world number eight, who was grappling with the effects of an illness. <br /><br />Kvitova, sweating profusely and visibly weakened by a cold, lost her first rubber after an 11-game Fed Cup winning streak.</p>
<p>The Czech Republic won a second straight Fed Cup here on Sunday after Lucie Safarova gave them an unbeatable 3-1 lead over Serbia by thrashing Jelena Jankovic 6-1, 6-1. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Safarova cruised past Jankovic in just an hour and 17 minutes, keeping the Serbian under constant pressure and earning 32 winners against Jankovic’s eight. <br /><br />“It’s fantastic because it happened at home, in Prague, in front of our fans,” a triumphant Safarova said. The Czechs stumbled earlier on Sunday after Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic reduced their two rubber lead from Saturday to 2-1 by beating Petra Kvitova 6-3, 7-5. <br /><br />Ivanovic, the world number 12, needed an hour and 46 minutes to sink Kvitova, the world number eight, who was grappling with the effects of an illness. <br /><br />Kvitova, sweating profusely and visibly weakened by a cold, lost her first rubber after an 11-game Fed Cup winning streak.</p>