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Thursday, January 3
 
Thursday's results

Hopman Cup
At Perth, Australia
Group A
Belgium 2, France 1
Singles
Kim Clijsters, Belgium, def. Virginie Razzano, France, 6-3, 6-2.

Xavier Malisse, Belgium, def. Arnaud Clement, France, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Doubles
Razzano and Clement def. Clijsters and Malisse, 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (10-6 super tiebreak).

Group B
Switzerland 2, Argentina 1
Singles
Paola Suarez, Argentina, def. Miroslava Vavrinec, Switzerland, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.

Roger Federer, Switzerland, def. Mariano Zabaleta, Argentina, 6-2, 6-3.

Doubles
Vavrinec and Federer def. Suarez and Zabaleta, 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (10-4 super tiebreak).

Qatar Open
$1 million men's tournament
At Doha, Qatar
Singles
Quarterfinals

Bohdan Ulihrach (5), Czech Republic, def. Fernando Vicente, Spain, 6-1, 6-1.

Felix Mantilla (8), Spain, def. Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-3.

Rainer Schuettler (7), Germany, def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov (1), Russia, 7-5, 6-4.

Younes El Aynaoui (6), Morocco, def. Jiri Novak (4), Czech Republic, 7-6 (2), 6-4.

Doubles
Semifinals

Jiri Novak and David Rikl (2), Czech Republic, def. David Adams, South Africa, and Michael Kohlmann, Germany, 6-2, 6-4.

Donald Johnson and Jared Palmer (1), United States, def. Rainer Schuettler, Germany, and Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 7-5.

AAPT Australian Hardcourt
$800,000 men's tournament
At Adelaide, Australia
Singles
Second round
Ivan Ljubicic (8), Croatia, def. Nicolas Massu, Chile, 7-6 (5), 7-5.

Todd Martin, United States, def. Michael Llodra, France, 7-5, 6-4.

Mark Philippoussis, Australia, def. Sjeng Schalken (5), Netherlands, 6-0, 6-3.

Hicham Arazi (4), Morocco, def. Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, 6-4, 0-6, 6-2.

ASB Bank Classic
$140,000 women's tournament
At Auckland, New Zealand
Singles
Quarterfinals
Anna Smashnova, Israel, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, 6-2, 6-2.

Anna Kournikova, Russia, def. Emmanuelle Gagliardi, Switzerland, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5.

Silvija Talaja, Croatia, def. Tatiana Poutchek, Belarus, 6-4, 7-5.

Tatiana Panova (5), Russia, def. Anne Kremer (3), Luxembourg, 7-6 (6), 7-5.

Doubles
Semifinals
Kveta Hrdlickova, Czech Republic, and Henrieta Nagyova (4), Slovakia, def. Maria Jose Martinez and Anabel Medina Garrigues (2), Spain, 6-4, 6-2.

Quarterfinals
Nicole Arendt, United States, and Liezel Huber (1), South Africa, def. Janette Husarova, Slovakia, and Maja Matevzic, Croatia, 6-3, 6-0.

Thalgo Australian Hardcourt
$170,000 women's tournament
At Gold Coast, Australia
Singles
Quarterfinals

Daja Bedanova (7), Czech Republic, def. Tina Pisnik, Slovenia, 6-1, 3-0, retired.

Nadia Petrova, Russia, def. Silvia Farina Elia (5), Italy, 7-6 (4), 7-5.

Justine Henin (2), Belgium, def. Anca Barna, Germany, 6-2, 6-1.

Venus Williams (1), United States, def. Ai Sugiyama (8), Japan, 6-2, 6-4.

Doubles
Quarterfinals

Justine Henin, Belgium, and Meghann Shaughnessy (4), United States, vs. Katie Schlukebir, United States, and Elena Tatarkova, Ukraine, 6-2, 6-2.

Elena Likhovtseva, Russia, and Ai Sugiyama (1), Japan, def. Daja Bedanova, Czech Republic, and Iva Majoli, Croatia, 6-4, 6-4.

Tata Open
$400,000 men's tournament
At Chennai, India
Singles
Second round
Guillermo Canas (1), Argentina, def. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, 7-5, 6-2.

Jiri Vanek, Czeck Republic, def. Noam Okun, Israel, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Fabrice Santoro (3), France, def. Irakli Labadze, Georgia, 6-2, 6-3.

Karol Kucera, Slovakia, def. Dennis van Scheppingen, Netherlands, 7-5, 7-6 (2).

Doubles
Quarterfinals

Frantisek Cermak and Petr Luxa, Czech Republic, def. Srinath Prahlad and Ajay Ramaswami, India, 6-2, 6-2.

Tomas Cibulec and Ota Fukarek, Czech Republic, def. Lucas Arnold and Guillermo Canas, Argentina, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (6).

First round
Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes (1), India, def. Thomas Johansson, Sweden, and Andrei Pavel, Romania, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.




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