Brazil Persists Against U.S. In Davis Cup

Sun., Feb. 9, 1997

Compiled From Wire Services

Brazilian tennis fans traded in their samba drums for loud plastic trumpets which blared like quiz-show buzzers for every American mistake, of which there were many, in their Davis Cup match Saturday at Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.

Playing in 100-degree heat, the Brazilian doubles team of Gustavo Kuerten and Jaime Oncins beat Richey Reneberg and Alex O’Brien 6-2, 6-4, 7-5 in a 2-hour, 14-minute match.

The victory enabled Brazil to stave off elimination in the best-of-5 World Group series.

The Americans lead 2-1, with the final two singles matches to be played today.

At Sydney, Australia, Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge downed Guy Forget and Guillaume Raoux 7-6 (8-6), 6-4, 6-3, giving Australia an insurmountable 3-0 lead over defending champion France.

At Linz, Austria, Chanda Rubin of Lafayette, La., upset top-seeded Jana Novotna 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 and advanced to the finals of the Austrian Open against second-seeded Karina Habsudova.

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