Aceing the tennis tsars

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This article describes how Australia's tennis team is preparing to play the Russian team in a Davis Cup semi-final match. Relevant points include the Australians' scant hopes of defeating the Russians and advancing to play either the French or the Belgian teams. The Australian team, coached by John Newcombe, is counting on the fast grass playing surface disliked by the Russians and the skill of Lleyton Hewitt, on of the Australians' young stars, to achieve victory.

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Peasant uprising

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Unknown professional tennis players in the 1998 French Open beat better ranked players such as Pete Sampras, Petr Korda, Andre Agassi, and Gustavo Kuerten. Only Marcelo Rios survived to the third round but lost to Spaniard Carlos Moya in the quarter-finals. Moya went on to win the title. Furthermore, on the women's side, Monica Seles and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario played in the final with Sanchez-Vicario winning.

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Russians court defeat

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This article describes the Australian national tennis team's defeat of the Russian team in a Davis Cup semi-final match in Brisbane, Australia. Relevant details include the Australian team's extra motivation to win after Russia's Yevgeny Kafelnikov disparaged the Australians and boastfully predicted a Russian triumph.

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