21.   Dutch teammate Pieter Huistra, Czech player Ivan Hasek and Hideaki Mori each scored once.

22.   He broke Vacek again in the ninth game and then served three aces for victory as the Czech player appeared shocked for the missed opportunity.

23.   He broke Vacek at the beginning of the fourth, causing the Czech player to bang his racket against his chair in disgust.

24.   He said he complimented the Czech player on how well he had dealt with the pressure of playing under a cloud here.

25.   He has complained that Czech players, winners at both the Nagano Winter Olympics and at the last world championships, were not being adequately paid by NHL clubs.

26.   In other first-round matches two more Czech players advanced.

27.   In the semifinals, top-seeded Julie Halard of France faces Katarina Studenikova of Slovakia and Stephanie Rottier of the Netherlands meets Czech player Ludmila Richterova.

28.   Lener accused the Canadian coach of cheating while Murray countered by claiming Czech players were the dirtiest in the world.

29.   Losses to Germany and Sweden followed, humiliating the Czech players.

30.   Muster criticized Miles over the doping case of Petr Korda, saying the Czech player should have been immediately banned.