Zvonareva beat Ana Ivanovic in the Indian Wells final last month

Vera Zvonareva has been ruled out of Russia's Fed Cup semi-final against Italy with an ankle ligament injury.

Anna Chakvetadze, 22nd in the current WTA rankings, has been drafted as a replacement for the world number six.

The holders were already without new world number one Dinara Safina for the two-day tie at Castellaneta.

In the draw for Saturday's singles, Italy's Flavia Pennetta will play Chakvetadze and Francesca Schiavone will face Svetlana Kuznetsova.

In the other semi-final, the Czech Republic host the United States.

Petra Kvitova faces Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the opening singles rubber, followed by Iveta Benesova against Alexa Glatch.

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