51.   Sweden will play its top seed Thomas Enqvist and grass court specialist Jonas Bjorkman in the opening singles against underdogs India in the Davis Cup tie beginning Friday.

52.   Thailand won the opening two singles on Friday.

53.   The Australians surprisingly won both opening singles on Friday to set up their triumph.

54.   The Australians surprisingly won both opening singles on Friday.

55.   The Italians appeared to be cruising when they won the opening two singles.

56.   The Italian was close to tears as he hugged his wife and team captain Adriano Panatta at the end of the opening singles.

57.   The Italians seemed to cruising into the final after Renzo Furlan and Andrea Gaudenzi had won the opening singles against Pioline and Boetsch.

58.   The opening singles had been shared.

59.   The matches Friday were the opening singles in the first-round world group tie.

60.   The matches are the opening singles in the first-round world group tie.