21.   Belgium, chasing its first Fed Cup title, faces Australia on Friday and Spain on Saturday in its other group matches.

22.   Belgium meets Tunisia on Monday while Russia plays Belgium in its final group match on Friday and Japan takes on Tunisia.

23.   Belarus ended their group matches without a win, losing all five games.

24.   Both shuttlers have been steady in their group matches but the semifinal is a different cup of tea.

25.   Both teams can secure a place in the second round with a draw in their final group matches Friday.

26.   Bruguera, with pain in his back and ribs, indicated he may also drop out of his last group match against Kafelnikov.

27.   But Kenya will qualify for the quarterfinals since it defeated the Caribbeans in an earlier group match.

28.   But he said that the team will have to perform better to beat Sri Lanka in another group match Saturday.

29.   Cameroon plays Saudi Arabia on Thursday and then faces Germany in the final round of group matches.

30.   Cameroon can automatically qualify if Ireland loses to the weaker Saudi side in their final group match.