ASB CLASSIC
(Auckland)
Singles, semifinals (prefix numbers denote seeds): Yoon Jeong Cho (Korea) bt 1-Anna Pistolesi (Israel) 7-6 (7-2) 2-2 retired, 2-Eleni Daniilidou (Greece) bt Emmanuelle Gagliardi (Switzerland) 6-4 6-3.
Doubles, semifinal: 1-Cara Black (Zimbabwe)/Elena Likhovtseva (Russia) bt Alina Jidkova/Tatiana Panova (Russia) 6-1 6-0.
HOPMAN CUP
(Perth)
Group A.-
Belgium bt Uzbekistan 3-0 (Belgian names first): K. Clijsters bt I. Tulyaganova 6-3 6-2, X. Malisse bt O. Ogorodov 6-3 6-7 (3-7) 6-2, Malisse/Clijsters bt Ogorodov/I. Tulyaganova 6-1 6-1.
US v Belgium (US names first): S. Williams bt K. Clijsters 7-5 6-3, J. Blake lost to X. Malisse 6-7 (6-8) 2-6.
Uzbekistan v Spain (Uzbek names first): Tulyaganova bt V. Ruano Pascual 7-6 (8-6) 6-0; Ogorodov lost to T. Robredo 0-6 4-6.
Group B.-
Australia bt Czech Republic 2-1 (Australian names first): A. Molik bt D. Bedanova 7-6 (7-3) 7-5, L. Hewitt lost to J. Novak 2-6 6-3 3-6, Hewitt/Molik bt Novak/Bedanova 4-6 7-5 10-4 match tiebreak (first to 10 points).
Slovak Republic bt Italy 3-0 (Slovak names first): D. Hantuchova bt S. Farina Elia 7-5 6-3, D. Hrbaty bt D. Sanguinetti 6-3 7-6 (7-4), Hrbat/Hantuchova bt Sanguinetti/Farina Elia 8-3 pro-set (first to eight games).
Australia meet US or Belgium in final.
AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S HARDCOURT
(Gold Coast)
Semifinals: M.-G. Mikaelian (Switzerland) bt 1-P. Schnyder (Switzerland) 6-4 6-2
Tennis
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