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TENNIS ROUNDUP : Down Set Pints, Larsson Sets Down Yugoslav, 7-6, 7-6

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From Associated Press

Magnus Larsson of Sweden, who upset top-seeded Boris Becker in the opening round, struggled past Slobodan Zivojinovic of Yugoslavia, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (10-8), Wednesday to stay alive in the Australian Hardcourt Championships at Adelaide, Australia.

Larsson kept his composure, saving set points in both sets before putting away the Yugoslav in a match of power hitters.

In other matches, Patrick Kuhnen of Germany upset eighth-seeded Todd Woodbridge of Australia, 7-5, 6-2, NiKlas Kulti of Sweden suprised fifth-seeded countryman Magnus Gustafsson, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1; Fabrice Santoro of France beat Udo Riglewski of Germany, 7-6 (7-4), 7-5, and Jason Stoltenberg of Australia defeated Jacco Eltingh of the Netherlands, 6-3, 6-4.

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David Wheaton and Zina Garrison pounded out a 2-1 victory over Switzerland to earn the United States a berth in the final of the Hopman Cup team championship at Perth, Australia.

The top-seeded Americans will meet Goran Prpic and Monica Seles of fifth-seeded Yugoslavia tonight.

The Yugoslavs beat Guy Forget and Catherine Tanvier of France, 2-1, in the other semifinal.

Wheaton and Garrison rallied from a break down in the first set to beat the Swiss team of Jakob Hlasek and Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere, 7-5, 6-2.

Earlier, Garrison downed Maleeva-Fragniere, 6-2, 7-5, but Hlasek defeated Wheaton, 6-3, 6-2.

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