Chile claim place in final

Defending champions Chile defeated hosts Germany on Thursday to clinch a place in Saturday's final of the ATP World Team Cup. Nicolas Massu defeated German number one Rainer Schuettler 4-6 6-4 6-2 and Fernando Gonzalez eased past Tommy Haas 6-4 7-6 to sec

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"I played very well," said Gonzalez, who took his run of victories here to 11.

"Nicolas (Massu) had set us up to go into the final if I could win and it was a good win for me.

"I remember the feeling we had last year when we won and I want to do that again. I seem to play well here and I think we can be very confident about the final, whoever we play."

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Home favourite Schuettler, a finallist in Monte Carlo last month, could not live up to the expectations of a packed crowd at the Rochusclub and Massu took full advantage.

The Czech Republic, beaten by Chile in the 2003 final, condemned Spain to bottom of the group after a 3-0 victory - their only success this week.

Jiri Novak beat Fernando Lopez 7-6 6-1 before Radek Stepanek completed victory with a 6-4 6-3 victory over Albert Costa.

Novak and Stepanek then combined for a 6-1 6-0 thrashing of Galo Blanco and Alex Corretja in the doubles.

Chile will play the winners of Friday's Blue Group decider between Australia and Argentina.

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