Appe to broookline

Results

World Group quarter-finals
At Pau, France: France 1 Brazil 1

Gustavo Kuerten Bra bt Sebastien Grosjean Fra 6-2, 6-7 4-7, 7-6 7-5, 6-7 5-7, 9-7; Fernando Meligeni Bra lost to Cedric Pioline Fra 3-6, 3-6, 3-6

At Brussels: Belgium 2 Switzerland 0

Xavier Malisse bt Lorenzo Manta 6-4, 6-0, 7-6 7-1; Christophe van Garsse bt Roger Federer 7-6 7-4, 3-6, 1-6, 7-5, 6-1

At Moscow: Russia 2 Slovakia 0

Marat Safin bt Karol Kucera 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4; Yevgeny Kafelnikov bt Dominik Hrbaty 2-6, 6-2, 6-7 3-7, 6-1, 7-5

At Brookline USA: Australia 2 United States 0

Lleyton Hewitt bt Todd Martin 6-4, 6-7 1-7 6-3, 6-0; Patrick Rafter bt Jim Courier 7-6 7-5, 6-4, 6-4