DAVIS CUP
Semifinal: At Brisbane: Australia beat Russia 4-1 (
Aust names first): Lleyton Hewitt bt Yevgeny Kafelnikov
6-4 7-5 6-2, Wayne Arthurs bt Marat Safin 6-3 6-2.
Played Saturday: Sandon Stolle/Mark Woodforde lost to
Kafelnikov/Andrei Olhovskiy 6-1 6-4 4-6 4-6 8-6. Played
Friday: Hewitt bt Safin 7-6 (7-0) 6-2 4-6 6-3, Arthurs
bt Kafelnikov 6-2 6-7 (4-7) 6-2 6-0.
France 3 Belgium 0 (French names first): Yesterday's
doubles: Fabrice Santoro/Olivier Delaitre beat Xavier
Malisse/Christophe Van Garsse 6-3 6-3 6-3. Saturday
singles: Cedric Pioline bt Filip Dewulf 6-3 5-7 3-6 6-3
6-2, Sebastien Grosjean bt Malisse 7-5 6-2 7-6 (7-3).
Australia plays France in final.
American Zone: Mexico lead Peru 2-1, The Bahamas lead
Venezuela 2-1.
World group qualifying: Spain 5 bt New Zealand 0, The
Netherlands lead Ecuador 2-1, Czech Republic lead
Uzbekistan 3-0, Finland lead Italy 2-1, Germany lead
Romania 2-1, Britain lead South Africa 2-1
Euro-African zone: Portugal lead Croatia 3-0, Hungary
lead Denmark 3-0, Morocco lead Poland 3-0.
LUXEMBOURG OPEN
Semifinals: 2-Dominique Van Roost (Belgium) beat Lisa
Krasnorutskaya (Russia) 5-7 6-3 6-1 Kim Clijsters
(Belgium) bt Sabine Appelmans (Belgium) 6-2 6-7 (3-7) 6-
1
PRINCESS CUP
(Tokyo)
Final: 1-Lindsay Davenport (US) bt 2-Monica Seles (US)
7-5 7-6 (7-1).
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