Courier Advances To Finals

Top-seeded Jim Courier overpowered Sweden’s Thomas Johansson 6-3, 6-4 in the semifinals of the China Open in Beijing and will face Magnus Gustafsson in the final.

Two of the hardest servers in tennis, Greg Rusedski and Mark Philippoussis, advanced to the finals in the Swiss Indoors in Basel, Switzerland.

Victories by Mary Pierce and Sandrine Testud gave France a commanding 2-0 lead over the Netherlands in the Fed Cup final in Den Bosch, Netherlands.