The United States took a commanding 2-0 lead in its Fed Cup quarterfinal against France on Saturday after Melanie Oudin and Bethanie Mattek-Sands won the opening singles matches.
Oudin beat Pauline Parmentier 6-4, 6-4 after Mattek-Sands had outlasted Alize Cornet 7-6 (7), 7-5 in the first match.
"Alize is a great player and I knew I was going to have to grind the match out," Mattek-Sands said. "I knew it wasn't going to be easy and I think that coming with that mindset really helped me. ... It was very tight, it could have gone either way."
The 140th-ranked Mattek-Sands rallied from 5-2 down in the first set and then clinched …
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