The victorious France team (Getty Images).
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France were crowned winners of the 2003 Fed Cup with a convincing 4-1 triumph
over the United States in Moscow on Sunday.
Victory was sealed when the French took an unassailable 3-0 lead as Amelie
Mauresmo defeated American Meghann Shaughnessy 6-2 6-1.
Mauresmo and her team-mate Mary Pierce had laid the foundations for the French
victory on Saturday.
Mauresmo won the opening match of the final against Lisa Raymond, while Pierce
accounted for Shaughnessy.
Pierce is the only survivor of the France team that won the 1997 Fed Cup - but
with victory already secure after Mauresmo's win she sat out her return singles
match, as did Raymond for the States.
Instead Emilie Loit beat Alexandra Stevenson to complete a clean sweep of the
singles for the French, triumphing 6-4 6-2.
In the doubles the Americans salvaged some honour when they won 6-4 6-0.
That ensured Martina Navratilova, who first played in the Fed Cup in 1975,
maintained her excellent record in the competition alongside Raymond.
The pair easily overcame Loit and Stephanie Cohen-Aloro.
Mauresmo told Sky Sports: "I felt from the start I was fully dominating, so
I'm very happy we won the event. We've worked hard for this all year.
Earlier Fed Cup results:
Semi-finals:
United States beat Belgium 4-1 (Moscow, carpet (Taraflex) indoors).
Russia v France (Moscow, carpet (Taraflex) indoors).
Quarter-finals:
United States beat Italy 5-0 (Washington DC, hard outdoors)
Belgium beat Slovak Republic 5-0 (Charleroi, hard indoors)
Slovenia lost to Russia 0-5 (Portoroz, clay outdoors)
Spain lost to France 1-4 (Oviedo, clay outdoors)
First round:
United
States beat Czech Republic 5-0 (Lowell, hard indoors)
Sweden lost to Italy 2-3 (Linkoping, hard indoors)
Belgium beat Austria 5-0 (Bree, clay indoors)
Germany lost to Slovak 2-3
Republic (Ettenhaim, clay outdoors)
Argentina lost to Slovenia 2-3 (Pilar, clay outdoors)
Russia beat Croatia 4-1 (Moscow, carpet indoors)
Spain beat Australia 3-2 (Tarragona, clay outdoors)
France beat Colombia 5-0 (Andrezieux-Boutheon, clay indoors)
World Group play-offs:
Argentina beat Hungary 3-2 (Pilar, clay outdoors)
Australia beat Colombia 3-2 (Woolongong, hard indoors)
Austria beat Canada 4-1 (Neudorfl, clay outdoors)
Croatia beat Brazil 4-1 (Varazdin, clay outdoors)
South Africa lost to Czech Republic 1-4 (Durban, hard outdoors)
Indonesia lost to Germany 2-3 (Jakarta, hard outdoors)
Japan beat Sweden 4-1 (Gifu, carpet (Supreme) indoors)
Switzerland beat Israel 4-1 (Winterthur, clay outdoors)
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