91.   World champion Trine Hattestad was an early victim in the Golden Four competition, when the Norwegian failed to make the final eight in the javelin.

92.   World Champion Trine Hattestad was another victim in the Golden Four competition, when the Norwegian failed to make the final eight in the javelin event.

93.   China reached the final eight by beating a team thay had never conquered in four prior world or Olympic meetings.

94.   Three more spots in the final eight are at stake in first-round games this weekend.

95.   Italy, Bulgaria and Brazil have proved their resilience by reaching the final eight despite having players sent off.

96.   Karbacher had never reached the final eight in a hardcourt event.

97.   On Thursday he faces probably his toughest challenge, fourth-seeded Croatian Goran Ivanisevic, who is in the final eight for the first time.

98.   Other spots in the final eight are at stake in first-round games this weekend.

99.   The losers will still have their chance to reach the final eight.