Five days after losing to Pete Sampras in the Wimbledon final, Pat Rafter will have to take on French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten in the opening rubber of Australia's Davis Cup semifinals against Brazil in Brisbane.
Lleyton Hewitt will play Fernando Meligeni, a 1999 French Open semifinalist, in the second rubber, also on Friday.
Sandon Stolle, in for the injured Mark Philippoussis, teams up with Mark Woodforde, who last week won a sixth Wimbledon doubles title, for Saturday's doubles.
Hewitt plays Kuerten and Rafter tackles Meligeni in Sunday's reverse singles.
The winners play either Spain or the United States in the final in December. Spain is favorites in that tie as Sampras and Andre Agassi have both withdrawn from the American team.
Australia-Brazil Davis Cup semifinal draw
Friday
Pat Rafter Vs Gustavo Kuerten
Lleyton Hewitt Vs Fernando Meligeni
Saturday
Sandon Stolle-Mark Woodforde Vs Jaime Oncins-Gustavo Kuerten
Sunday
Hewitt v Kuerten
Rafter Vs Meligeni – (AFP)
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