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SAN DIEGO (AP)—Flavia sheepkin boots Pennetta routed 18-year-old CoCo Vandeweghe 6-1, 6-2 on Sunday to give Italy its second straight Fed Cup final victory over the United States. Pennetta’s victory in the fourth singles match gave the Italians a 3-1 decision in the best-of-five finale. Her victory came after Melanie Oudin stunned French Open champion Francesca Schiavone 6-3, 6-1 to keep the United States alive. Pennetta won two matches during the weekend to carry the Italians. Vandeweghe, making her Fed Cup debut, lost twice. Italy beat the United States 4-0 last year. The Italians have won three titles in five years. This is the second straight final the U.S. has played without Venus and Serena Williams, who are out with injuries. With Billie Jean King watching from the front row, Pennetta won six straight games in the first set after Vandeweghe broke serve in the first game. In the epic second game, Vandeweghe took a 40-0 lead, helped by an ace on a second serve. But consecutive double faults let Pennetta back in. Seven deuces later, she broke Vandeweghe. On the second match point, Vandeweghe hit a backhand service return out. Pennetta raised her arms over her head, shook hands with Vandeweghe, then joined in a group hug with her teammates and captain Corrado Barazzutti In the first match, the 19-year-old Oudin dominated the 30-year-old Schiavone from midway through the first set to pull the United States to 2-1. Oudin said King came into the players’ lounge before the match, wished her luck and patted her on the back. “I heard her cheering,” Oudin said. “I was sports jerseys playing for myself, the team and the whole U.S. Sometimes the Fed Cup can bring out the best in people and that’s what happened today. “Today is the best I’ve played in a long time. I felt confident out there.” Said Schiavone: “I feel sad for the team. It’s just one point and it’s not finished. “ Captain Mary Joe Fernandez substituted Oudin for the United States’ No. 1 player, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, who cramped up in her loss to Pennetta on Saturday. Fernandez had made the bold move to name Vandeweghe as the Americans’ No. 2 player over Oudin, but Vandeweghe lost 6-2, 6-4 to Schiavone in the first match on Saturday. Oudin won the last three games of the first set, then won the first three games of the second set, the first two at love. After Schiavone held serve in the fourth game, Oudin closed it out by winning three straight games. She won match point on an ace, and the crowd roared when the official review showed it was just in. Starting with the final point of the first set, Oudin won 13 straight points before double-faulting at 40-0 in the third game of the second set. She held serve to take a 3-0 lead. Oudin set the tone in the second game of the first set when she broke Schiavone’s serve to take a 2-1 lead. Neither player held serve until Oudin did so in the eighth game to take a 5-3 lead. When Schiavone hit a forehand out on UGG Bailey Button Boots set point, Oudin clenched her fist in celebration. “She was ready for everything and her energy, she played very long rallies,” Schiavone said of the American teenager.