WORLD TEAM CUP
(Dusseldorf)
Red group: Sweden bt Spain 2-1 (Swedish names first):
Thomas Johansson lost to Alex Corretja 6-7 (4-7) 1-6,
Thomas Enqvist bt Carlos Moya 3-6 6-1 6-3, Jonas
Bjorkman/Nicklas Kulti bt Albert Costa/ Jairo Velasco
6-3 6-0.
Blue group: Australia bt Slovakia 2-1: Mark
Philippoussis bt Dominik Hrbaty 4-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-4, Pat
Rafter lost to Karol Kucera 3-6 6-7 (5-7), Rafter/Sandon
Stolle bt Kucera/Hrbaty 3-6 6-3 6-4.
WTA TOUR
Top 10 WTA Tour players (previous week's ranking in
brackets): 1 (1) Martina Hingis (Switzerland) 5593
points, 2 (2) Lindsay Davenport (US) 5047, 3 (3) Monica
Seles (US) 3982, 4 (4) Jana Novotna (Czech Republic)
3588, 5 (5) Venus Williams (US) 3527, 6 (6) Steffi Graf
(Germany) 3163, 7 (7) Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (Spain)
3074, 8 (8) Mary Pierce (France) 2563, 9 (9) Nathalie
Tauziat (France) 2136, 10 (11) Serena Williams (US)
2089.
Tennis
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