Melanie Oudin falls as U.S. relegated

[truebluefan]

The United States has been relegated from the top-tier World Group in the Fed Cup for the first time, falling to Germany when Melanie Oudin lost her singles match to Andrea Petkovic.

Petkovic won 6-2, 6-3 Sunday to give Germany an insurmountable 3-0 lead in the best-of-five series.

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