ST POELTEN GRAND PRIX
(St Poelten, Austria)
Quarter-finals: 7-Andrew Ilie (Australia) beat Jeff
Tarango (US) 7-5 6-3, Andrei Pavel (Romania) beat 3-
Andrei Medvedev (Ukraine) 6-4 2-6 6-2, Juan Antonio
Marin (Costa Rica) beat Markus Hipfl (Austria) 6-3 6-4,
Albert Portas (Spain) beat Galo Blanco (Spain) 6-7 (6-
8) 6-3 6-4
STRASBOURG OPEN
Quarter-finals: 6-Silvija Talaja (Croatia) bt 1-
Nathalie Tauziat (France) 7-5 6-2, 4-Nathalie Dechy
(France) bt Corina Morariu (US) walkover, Anna
Smashnova (Israel) bt Lilia Osterloh (US) 7-6 (8-6) 6-
4, Rita Kuti Kis (Hungary) bt Daniela Hantuchova
(Slovakia) 6-4 6-4.
WORLD TEAMS CUP
(Dusseldorf)
Red group: Sweden beat US 2-1: Magnus Norman lost to
Pete Sampras 3-6 4-6, Mikhael Tillstrom bt Vincent
Spadea 3-6 3-6, Niklas Kulti/Tillstrom bt Alex
O'Brien/Jared Palmer 6-3 4-6 6-3. Slovakia bt Germany 2-
1 (Slovak names first): Domink Hrbaty bt Tommy Haas 6-2
4-6 6-2, Karol Kucera bt Rainer Schuettler 6-2 6-2,
Hrbaty/Kucera lost to Haas/David Prinosil 3-6 6-4 1-6.
Standings (ties won-lost, matches won-lost, sets won-
lost): 1 Slovakia 2-1 5-4 12-10; 2 Sweden 2-1 5-4 11-
10; 3 Germany 2-1 5-4 12-11; 4 US 0-3 3-6 9-13.
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