41.   The win kept the US hopes alive, but the Americans need to win both singles matches Sunday to advance to the Cup semifinals.

42.   They heard the wrong national anthem Friday afternoon before splitting the opening-day singles matches at the Great Western Forum.

43.   Tuesday, there were supposed to be two rounds of singles matches, but the weather pushed that back to Wednesday.

44.   With that victory, the second singles match became irrelevant as Australia had the three points necessary to advance to the semifinal round against Russia.

45.   Woods lost in singles match to Costantino Rocca.

46.   Yet, the Ryder Cup was again decided late in the singles matches.

47.   Pat Rafter played Sebastien Grosjean in the second singles match later Friday.

48.   Pete Sampras will face Australian Mark Philippoussis in the second singles match.

49.   Philippoussis, playing his first singles match for six months following knee surgery, said he was more mature and focussed on tennis.

50.   Peru marched into the final of Group II of the Americas zone of the Davis Cup, after winning a decisive singles match against Paraguay Sunday.