Vera Zvonareva beat Roberta Vinci 6-4, 6-2 in the first reverse singles Sunday to give Russia an insurmountable 3-0 lead, and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova followed up by defeating Sara Errani 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4).

Pavlyuchenkova then paired with newcomer Ekaterina Makarova to beat the Italian duo of Alberta Brianti and Maria-Elena Camerin in the meaningless doubles 7-6 (3), 6-1 to complete the rout.

In the other semis Czech Republic beat Belgium in the deciding doubles for a 3-2 victory and a place in the final.

After the teams split the reverse singles on Sunday, Iveta Benesova and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova beat Yanina Wickmayer and Kirsten Flipkens 6-4, 6-4 to put the Czechs in their first final since they won the title as Czechoslovakia in 1988. As hard as they tried, the Belgians could not make up for the absence of the injured Kim Clijsters and the retirement early this year of Justine Henin.

For the Czechs, it was a final at last, after losing the semifinals the previous two years.

They will play Russia in the final on Nov. 5-6.

The third-ranked Zvonareva broke Vinci in the first game, before the Italian started attacking the net and leveled the set at 3-3. The 37th-ranked Vinci saved two break points in the ninth game before Zvonareva finally broke and then served out the set.

The Russian then broke twice more in the second set to clinch the match.

Zvonareva and Svetlana Kuznetsova won Saturday's singles matches to give Russia a comfortable 2-0 lead.

“The desire to win here in Moscow and give my team the third point and send it to the final helped me, but also distracted my attention,” Zvonareva said. “I was in a hurry and it was difficult to concentrate.” Zvonareva said Vinci played tactically well after observing her play in the first singles match.

“She saw my match yesterday and made conclusions,” Zvonareva said. “She began to slice her shots from half court and I could not play my quick game. But at 4-3 down I did everything right and it was the key moment of the match.” Zvonareva improved to 8-2 in the Fed Cup, winning her seventh straight match. She was on Russia's title-winning teams in 2004 and 2008.

Russia was heavily favored to win the tie as Italy, the two-time defending champion, was without its two top players.

Francesca Schiavone, the French Open champion, is not playing to concentrate on the clay-court season. Flavia Pennetta is sidelined with a shoulder injury.

Vinci refused to blame both players for not playing for Italy this time.

“I don't care about Schiavone and Pennetta,” Vinci said.

“This is the team we have. Right now I'm No. 1 for Italy and Sara (Errani) is No. 2.” Russia is unbeaten at home in 10 ties since losing to France in the 2003 semifinals. The streak includes a win over Italy in the 2007 final.