31.   Two doubles teams, Hingis with Natasha Zvereva and Chanda Rubin with Irina Spirlea have advanced to the semifinals.

32.   Also named was the doubles team of Christian Niccum, of Woodinville, Washington and Matt McClain, of Lake Placid, New York.

33.   Another key factor in the Swedish victory was a good doubles team.

34.   Becker has not played a tournament due to a lingering bronchitis since early March although he was on the doubles team for Germany that lost to France.

35.   Becker has not played a tournament since February although he was on the doubles team for Germany that lost to France.

36.   Bhupathi and Paes have been working on being the top-seeded doubles team for the last four years and will continue to do so.

37.   Both teams changed doubles teams one hour before the match.

38.   Braasch and Kuehnen were an emergency doubles team patched together by Germany after Michael Stich decided not to play because of a sore wrist.

39.   But there was no sign Friday that the top-seeded doubles team at the U.S. Open had anything but admiration and warmth for each other.

40.   But they silenced the home fans by outplaying a vastly experienced Dutch doubles team that has won three tournaments and were semifinalists at the U.S. Open.