1.   Australian teenager Grant Hackett and Atlanta Olympic silver medalist Daniel Kowalski will fly the local flag in an event Australians have dominated.

2.   Australian teenager Craig Victory scored his second goal of the tournament to open the scoring against Spain.

3.   Former world number one Mats Wilander Sunday failed to qualify for the New Zealand Open tennis when he was beaten by Australian teenager James Sekulov.

4.   An Australian teenager has apologised for a bogus suicide threat he made on the global Internet computer network which prompted an international police hunt.

5.   Attention switched to the shaven-headed American after the sensational defeat of Pete Sampras by Australian teenager Mark Philippoussis on Saturday.

6.   Australian teenager Mark Philippousis shocked former world number one Stefan Edberg in a second round match at the million-dollar Seiko Super tennis tournament on Wednesday.

7.   Australian teenager Mark Philippoussis added Richard Krajicek to his list of upset victories on Friday to get closer to reaching his second tournament final in a week.

8.   Australian teenager Mark Philippoussis continued his giant-killing run, earning a finals berth for a second consecutive week following his runner-up finish in Kuala Lumpur.

9.   Michael Chang collected his third ATP title of the season beating Australian teenager Mark Philippoussis in the one-million-dollar Seiko Super tennis tournament here on Sunday.

10.   Nick Bollettieri will no longer act as coach for hard-hitting Australian teenager Mark Philippousis.