TENNIS ROUNDUP : Germany Beats U.S., Faces Spain

The United States’ sixth-seeded Federation Cup team, which had upset fourth-seeded France to reach the semifinals, had its bubble burst by top-seeded Germany on Saturday at Frankfurt, Germany.

The host country wrapped up the victory by winning both singles matches before the United States won the doubles to make the score 2-1. In today’s final, Germany plays Spain, which beat Australia, 3-0.

The United States, which has won the Federation Cup a record 14 times, wasn’t expected to fare well this year because Martina Navratilova, Jennifer Capriati and Mary Joe Fernandez had declined to play.

Capriati and Fernandez claimed they wanted to prepare for the Barcelona Olympics. But they are playing in a $150,000 exhibition event at Mahwah, N.J.

Anke Huber, a 17-year-old ranked 10th in the world, and Steffi Graf, ranked No. 2, provided Germany with the victory. After Huber beat 25th-ranked Gigi Fernandez, 7-5, 6-3, Graf swept past 22nd-ranked Lori McNeil, 6-0, 6-3.

In doubles, Pam Shriver and Debbie Graham beat Sabine Hack and Barbara Rittner, 6-2, 6-2.

Sweden’s Henrik Holm, ranked 114th in the world, reached his first career final with a 6-4, 6-3 upset victory over seventh-seeded Derrick Rostagno at the $625,000 NationsBank Classic at Washington.

In today’s final, Holm will play top-seeded Petr Korda of Czechoslovakia, who defeated No. 6 MaliVai Washington, 7-6 (7-1), 6-0.

Of his loss to Holm, Pacific Palisades’ Rostagno said: “It was a frustrating game, because it was really so bad on may part. I really played a horrible game--every other point, I would miss.”

Holm recorded six aces, but the serves Rostagno managed to return often set up Holm for easy winners. He won 84% of his first-serve chances, compared to 57% for Rostagno.

Ukrainian teen-ager Andrei Medvedev defeated Austria’s Thomas Muster, 6-2, 6-2, in the semifinals of the $1-million Grand Prix event at Stuttgart, Germany, and will play South Africa’s Wayne Ferreira today for the $141,000 first prize.

Ferreira defeated Karel Novacek of Czechoslovakia, 6-3, 6-2.

Medvedev needed only 59 minutes to defeat Muster.

“I’m happy it went so quickly, because it was my eighth match in eight days,” the Kiev native said.

Medvedev, who won his first Grand Prix championship four weeks ago at Genoa, Italy, upset top-seeded Stefan Edberg of Sweden in Friday’s quarterfinals.