ITALY UPSETS U.S. IN HOPMAN CUP
Wednesday January 2 10:33 AM 

PERTH, Australia (AP) - Francesa Schiavone and David Sanguinette beat their 
highly favored American opponents Wednesday to give Italy a winning 2-0 lead 
in their round-robin match at the Hopman Cup tennis tournament. 

Schiavone, who beat No. 5-ranked Kim Clijsters two days earlier, overcame a 
hamstring injury to upset Monica Seles (news - profile - photos) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 
and give Italy a 1-0 lead. 

Sanguinette then beat Jan Michael Gambill 7-6 (1), 6-3. Seles and Gambill 
came back to win the mixed doubles 6-1, 6-3 to make the final margin 2-1. 

The top-seeded Americans and Italy both have 1-1 records in Group A. The 
Americans likely will need to beat Belgium on Friday to qualify from Group A 
in Saturday's final. (RAA: Belgium beat Italy on Jan.1, See Below)........

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BELGIUM BEATS ITALY IN HOPMAN CUP 
Tuesday January 1 2:17 PM ET 

PERTH, Australia (AP) - Kim Clijsters was bedeviled by unforced errors in losing 
her singles match, but Belgium beat Italy 2-1 Tuesday in the Hopman Cup. 

Clijsters, at No. 5 the tournament's highest-ranked woman, was beaten by 
Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 6-4. But Belgium's Xavier Malisse stopped Davide 
Sanguinetti 6-4, 7-5, and Clijsters and Malisse defeated Schiavone and 
Sanguinetti 6-3, 6-4 in the deciding mixed doubles... 

Clijsters made 50 unforced errors while Schiavone produced the match of her 
career. It wasn't until set point that Clijsters found a spark. She saved seven 
set points until a backhand down the line by Schiavone gave Italy the 
victory. 

``I was rallying all right, I just couldn't finish off the points,'' Clijsters 

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