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NEW YORK: The United States defeated Belarus 5-0 in their Fed Cup Apple Group-II tie at Worcester, Massachusetts, on Sunday.

Serena Williams rallied from a set bottomward to exhausted Anastasia Yakimova 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 in the day's aboriginal singles bout to accord the Americans an incontestable 3-0 lead.

Her ancient sister Venus, arena her aboriginal official bout back aftermost August, teamed with Liezel Huber for a 6-1, 6-2 doubles achievement over Yakimova and Daria Kustova for the final US point, afterwards Christina McHale exhausted Kustova 6-0, 6-1 in the absurd fourth singles.

Venus is a seven-time Grand Slam champion, but had not played back affairs out of the US Open, back she appear she had been diagnosed with the auto-immune ataxia Sjogren Syndrome.

Serena, a 13-time Grand Slam champion, had opened her weekend with a achievement over Olga Govortsova on Saturday, back McHale exhausted Yakimova.

Yakimova was a backward backup for Australian Open best Victoria Azarenka, whose celebration in Melbourne saw her affirmation the women's apple cardinal one ranking.