United States team player CoCo Vandeweghe celebrates after the United States defeated the Czech Republic in a Fed Cup semifinal tennis match, Sunday, April 23, 2017, in Wesley Chapel, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. (AP) - CoCo Vandeweghe and Bethanie Mattek-Sands defeated Kristyna Pliskova and Katerina Siniakova 6-2, 6-3 Sunday to send the United States to its first Fed Cup final in seven years with a 3-2 semifinal victory over three-time defending champion Czech Republic.
The Americans will face Belarus, which won its semifinal against Switzerland, for the championship Nov. 11- 12.
Vandeweghe won her singles match for the second straight day, giving the U.S. a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series. Marketa Vondrousova kept the Czech Republic's hopes alive by defeating Lauren Davis 6-2, 7-5 in Sunday's other singles match at Saddlebrook Resort.
Vandeweghe and Mattek-Sands won the decisive doubles match in one hour, 21 minutes.
The Americans, who have won 17 Fed Cup titles, advanced to the final for the first time since 2010.
The Czechs had won the top team event in women's tennis the past three years and five of the last six.
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United States Fed Cup team, from left, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Shelby Rogers, CoCo Vandeweghe and Lauren Davis runs a lap around the court after they defeated the Czech Republic in semifinal tennis match, Sunday, April 23, 2017, in Wesley Chapel, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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Czech Republic's Kristyna Pliskova, left, talks with teammate Katerina Siniakova before he turn to serve to United States players, CoCo Vandeweghe and Bethanie Mattek-Sands during a Fed Cup semifinal doubles tennis match, Sunday, April 23, 2017, in Wesley Chapel, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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United States' Bethanie Mattek-Sands playing with partner CoCo Vandeweghe returns a shot to Czech Republic players Kristyna Pliskova and Katerina Siniakova during a Fed Cup semifinal doubles tennis match, Sunday, April 23, 2017, in Wesley Chapel, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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Czech Republic's Katerina Siniakova playing with teammate Kristyna Pliskova returns a shot to United States players, CoCo Vandeweghe and Bethanie Mattek-Sands during a Fed Cup semifinal doubles tennis match, Sunday, April 23, 2017, in Wesley Chapel, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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Czech Republic fans cheer during a Fed Cup semifinal doubles tennis match between Czech Republic's Kristyna Pliskova, and Katerina Siniakova against the United States team, CoCo Vandeweghe and Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Sunday, April 23, 2017, in Wesley Chapel, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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A fan cheers for the United States team during a Fed Cup semifinal tennis match between the United States' CoCo Vandeweghe and the Czech Republic's Katerina Siniakova, Sunday, April 23, 2017, in Wesley Chapel, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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