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Argentina in final

PERTH, JAN. 6. Argentina advanced to the Hopman Cup team tennis final when Germany's Tommy Haas withdrew from his singles match against Guillermo Coria on Thursday because of a strained groin and defaulted the mixed doubles.

Anna-Lena Groenefeld had given Germany a 1-0 lead when she rallied for a 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 win over Gisela Dulko in the women's singles match.

Haas took the first set off Coria but then retired after receiving treatment, handing the Argentine a 5-7, 3-2 win.

A similar problem forced Australia's Mark Philippoussis out of the tournament and threw Group `B' into confusion earlier on Thursday, when Slovakia upset the United States.

Daniela Hantuchova defeated Meghann Shaughnessy 6-4, 6-2 and Dominik Hrbaty beat James Blake 7-6(2), 6-4 to give Slovakia an unbeatable 2-0 lead going into the mixed doubles match.

The results: Slovakia 2 bt United States 1 (Daniela Hantuchova (Slo) bt Meghann Shaughnessy (U.S.) 6-4, 6-2;

Dominik Hrbaty (Slo) bt James Blake (U.S.) 7-6(2), 6-4; Shaughnessy/Blake bt Hantuchova/Hrbaty 0-6, 7-6(13), 10-7 (super tiebreaker).

Argentina 2 bt Germany 1 (Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger) bt Gisela Dulko (Arg) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1; Guillermo Coria (Arg) bt Tommy Haas (Ger) 5-7, 3-2 retd.; Dulko/Coria bt Groenefeld/Haas walkover.

Italy 2 bt Russia 1 (Anastasia Myskina (Rus) bt Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 6-3, 6-2; Davide Sanguinetti (Ita) bt Marat Safin (Rus) 7-6(0), 6-7(3), 6-0; Schiavone/Sanguinetti bt Myskina/Safin 8-6 (pro set). — AP

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