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DELRAY BEACH, Fla., April 22 (UPI) -- Vania King beat Kristen Flipkens in straight sets Sunday to help the United States record a 5-0 victory over Belgium in its first-round Fed Cup tie.
King recorded her 4-6, 6-4, 7-5, victory while subbing for Australian Open champion Serena Williams, who had an inflamed right knee.
The knee acted up after Williams' 6-4, 6-1, victory over Caroline Maes Saturday.
The win by the 18-year-old King gave the United States an insurmountable 3-0 lead at the Delray Beach, Fla., event.
"The whole atmosphere, clinching the tie was just a dream come true," King said.
The whitewash was completed when former world No. 1 and five-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams beat Yanina Wickmayer, 6-1, 6-2, and the doubles team of King and Lisa Raymond downed Maes and Tamaryn Hendler, 6-1, 6-2.
The United States next faces Russia, which recorded a similar 5-0 victory over Spain.
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MINNEAPOLIS, June 2 (UPI) --
Minnesota Vikings fullback Jerome Felton was out on bail Saturday after being arrested for driving while intoxicated, jail records indicate.
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MONTECITO, Calif., June 3 (UPI) --
U.S. actress Drew Barrymore married art consultant Will Kopelman Saturday at her estate in Montecito, Calif., E! Online reported.
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MIAMI, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. weather forecasters say the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be about average, despite the rare late-May landfall of Beryl.
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