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Saturday, July 21
Saturday's results

Mercedes Cup | Energis Open | Croatia Open | Sanex Trophy | Fed Cup

Mercedes Cup
$1 million men's clay-court tournament
At Stuttgart, Germany
Singles
Semifinals
Guillermo Canas (10), Argentina, def. Marc Lopez, Spain, 6-2, 6-2.

Gustavo Kuerten (1), Brazil, def. Jiri Novak (12), Czech Republic, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5.

Doubles
Quarterfinals
Pablo Albano and Lucas Arnold (5), Argentina, def. Tomas Carbonell, Spain, and Nicolas Lapentti, Ecuador, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4.
Semifinals
Michael Hill, Australia, and Jeff Tarango (4), United States, def. Pablo Albano and Lucas Arnold (5), Argentina, 7-6 (0), 6-4.

Guillermo Canas, Argentina, and Rainer Schuettler, Germany, def. Chris Haggard, South Africa, and Tom Vanhoudt (6), Belgium, 6-4, 7-6 (1).

Energis Open
$400,000 men's tournament
At Amsterdam, Netherlands
Singles
Semifinals
Alex Corretja (2), Spain, vs. Sjeng Schalken (3), Netherlands, 7-6 (4), 6-1.

Younes El Aynaoui, Morocco, def. Magnus Gustafsson (6), Sweden, 6-4, 7-5.

Doubles
Semifinals
Paul Haarhuis and Sjeng Schalken (1), Netherlands, def. Gaston Etlis and Martin Rodriguez (4), Argentina, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-4.

Alex Corretja, Spain, and Luis Lobo, Argentina, def. Robbie Koenig, South Africa, and Mark Merklein, Bahamas, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.

Croatia Open
$400,000 men's tournament
At Umag, Croatia
Singles
Quarterfinals
Adrian Voinea, Romania, def. Ivan Ljubicic (6), Croatia, 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-3.

Jerome Golmard (5), France, def. Albert Montanes, Spain, 7-5, 7-5.

Carlos Moya (1), Spain, def. Attila Savolt, Hungary, 6-4, 6-4.

David Nalbandian, Argentina, def. Felix Mantilla (7), Spain, 6-2, 6-3.

Semifinals
Jerome Golmard (5), France, def. Adrian Voinea, Romania, 7-5, 6-3.

Carlos Moya (1), Spain, def. David Nalbandian, Argentina, 6-4, 7-5.

Doubles
Semifinals
Sergio Roitman, Argentina, and Andres Schneiter, Italy, def. Tomas Cibulec and Leos Freidl (1), Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-1.

Ivan Ljubicic and Lovro Zovko, Croatia, def. Petr Luxa and Radek Stepanek (4), Czech Republic, 6-3, 1-6, 6-1.

Sanex Trophy
$150,000 women's tournament
At Knokke-Heist, Belgium
Singles
Semifinals
Iroda Tulyganova, Uzbekistan, def. Kim Clijsters (1), Belgium, 6-0, 6-4.

Gala Leon Garcia, Spain, def. Marta Marrero, Spain, 6-4, 6-3.

Doubles
Semifinals
Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie and Andreea Vanc, Romania, def. Jelena Dokic, Yugoslavia, and Silvia Farina Elia (2), Italy, 7-5, 6-1.

Virginia Ruano Pascual and Magui Serna (1), Spain, def. Marta Marrero and Gisela Riera, Spain, 6-0, 7-6 (4).

Fed Cup
WORLD GROUP
Week II playoffs -- winners advance to semifinals

At Vittel, France
France 2, Italy 0
Singles
Amelie Mauresmo, France, def. Maria Elena Camerin, Italy, 6-4, 6-0.

Sandrine Testud, France, def. Adriana Serra-Zanetti, Italy, 6-4, 7-5.

At Hamburg, Germany
Germany 1, Argentina 1
Singles
Anke Huber, Germany, def. Maria Emilia Salerni, Argentina, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1.

Paola Suarez, Argentina, def. Barbara Rittner, Germany, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.

At Bratislava, Slovakia
Slovakia 0, Russia 0
Singles
Henrieta Nagyova, Slovakia, leads Lina Krasnoroutskaya, Russia, 6-4, ppd., rain.

Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, vs. Elena Dementieva, Russia, ppd., rain

At Sydney, Australia
Australia 2, Switzerland 0
Singles
Nicole Pratt, Australia, def. Myriam Casanova, Switzerland, 6-3, 6-1.

Alicia Molik, Australia, def. Daniela Casanova, Switzerland, 6-3, 6-1.

RELEGATION PLAYOFFS
Winners to World Group; losers to Regional Qualifying Groups

At Neudoerfl, Austria
Austria 2, Indonesia 0
Singles
Barbara Schett, Austria def. Angelique Widjaja, Indonesia, 6-1, 6-3.

Barbara Schwartz, Austria, def. Wynne Prakusya, Indonesia, 6-0, 6-1.

At Valencia, Venezuela
Venezuela 1, Croatia 1
Singles
Milagros Sequera, Venezuela, def. Matea Mezak, Croatia, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.

Jelena Kostanic, Croatia, def. Stephanie Schaer, Venezuela, 6-3, 6-0.

At Szeged, Hungary
Hungary 2, Israel 0
Singles
Rita Kuti Kis, Hungary, def. Anna Smashnova, Israel, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2.

Petra Mandula, Hungary, def. Tzipora Oblizer, Israel, 6-2, 1-6, 6-4.

At Falkenberg, Sweden
Sweden 2, Japan 0
Singles
Asa Carlsson, Sweden, def. Rika Fujiwara, Japan, 6-3, 6-1.

Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, vs. Shinobu Asagoe, Japan, 6-3, 6-3.

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