Italy leads France 2-0 lead in Fed Cup

The Italian contested the decision and received a warning for verbal abuse.

She risked losing the match on a penalty point when she directed a gesture at the chair umpire.Mauresmo lost focus after the call, double-faulting and making an unforced error to give Pennetta another set point that the Italian converted.The 12th-ranked Pennetta rallied from 4-1 down in the third set and broke Mauresmo at 4-4 to serve out for the match.The reverse singles and the doubles are scheduled for Sunday.

The winner of the best-of-five series will play Russia or China in the semifinals on April 25-26.Copyright 2009 by The Associated PressThis story is from ESPN.com's automated news wire.

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