Sweden caused an upset by beating the Lindsay Davenport-led United States and France's Sandrine Testud beat Spanish star Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in a day of shocks at the Hopman Cup yesterday. Davenport and Jan-Michael Gambill, the second seeds in the mixed teams' competition, suffered a shock defeat against the unseeded Swedish pair of Jonas Bjorkman and Asa Carlsson.
Bjorkman and Carlsson won the decisive mixed doubles 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 after the singles honours had been shared.
Davenport, the world number one, blitzed Carlsson 6-2, 6-0 in 52 minutes in the women's singles but Bjorkman revived Swedish hopes when he beat Gambill 6-2, 6-4.
The US must now win their next two matches on Thursday and Friday to have a chance of reaching Saturday's final.
GROUP B - Sweden bt United States 2-1: A Carlsson lost to L Davenport 2-6, 0-6; J Bjorkman bt J-M Gambill 6-2, 6-4; Bjorkman/Carlsson bt Gambill/Davenport 7-6 (7/2), 6-4.
