1.   Playing two dead rubbers, the matches were shortened to best of three.

2.   But Sjeng Schalken and Jan Siemerink won victories Sunday in the final two dead rubbers to give the Dutch a measure of dignity in defeat.

3.   Jan Siemerink, who defeated Steven Friday and won the doubles with Schalken Saturday, will play a dead rubber against Alistair Hunt later Sunday.

4.   Mark Taylor won the toss and elected to bat in the third and final test in a dead rubber against New Zealand at the Bellerive Oval on Thursday.

5.   Switzerland and South Korea will play dead rubber reverse singles on Sunday.

6.   Unbeaten Ukraine topped the group B table after defeating Slovenia in a final dead rubber, preserving its place in the A-Pool.

7.   If Hewitt wins, Australia will wrap up the tie making the mixed doubles a dead rubber.

8.   Andrei Chesnokov then beat Jim Courier in the dead rubber.

9.   Costa faces Goellner in the best of three sets final dead rubber later on Sunday.

10.   Courier begged off the dead rubber.