DAVIS CUP WORLD GROUP SEMIFINAL
(Santander, Spain)
Spain 3 US 0 (Spain to host December's final against Australia).
Doubles: Alex Corretja/Juan Balcells (Spain) bt Todd Martin/Chris Woodruff (US) 7-6 (8-6) 2-6 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 6-3. Singles: Albert Costa bt Martin 6-4, 6-4, 6-4, Corretja bt Jan-Michael Gambill 1-6 6-3 6-4 6-4.
Playoffs
(Home team first: Italy 1 Belgium 2, Switzerland 3 Belarus 0, France 3 Austria 0, Sweden 3 India 0, Bulgaria 2 Israel 1, Europe-Africa Zone Greece 2 Norway 1, Turkey 2 Lithuania 1, Poland 2 Slovenia 1.
American Zone Group I Bahamas 1 Colombia 1.
CROATIA OPEN
(Umag)
Quarter-finals: 4-Carlos Moya (Spain) bt Roberto Carretero (Spain) 5-7 6-3 6-4, 1-Mariano Puerta (Argentina) bt 7-Martin Damm (Czech Republic) 6-3 6-2, 2-Marcelo Rios (Chile) bt David Sanchez (Spain) 7-6 (8-6) 6-2, Bohdan Ulihrach (Czech Rep) bt 6-Alberto Martin (Spain) 6-3 4-6 6-4.
STUTTGART OPEN
Quarter-finals:: Gaston Gaudio (Argentina) bt Andrei Medvedev (Ukraine) 6-1 7-6 (7-3), Andrew Ilie (Australia) bt Rainer Schuettler (Germany) 6-3 6-4, 5-Franco Squillari (Argentina) bt Karol Kucera (Slovakia) 7-5 6-1, Daniel Elsner (Germany) bt Jiri Novak (Czech Rep) 6-2 6-1
Second round: Medvedev bt 2-Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-7 (4-7) 7-5 6-3.
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