11.   Sampras said the exhibition will provide him with an ideal preparation for the Open.

12.   Federer said the tournament has given him the ideal preparation for the Australian Open, which begins on Monday in Melbourne.

13.   A press campaign against Parreira, public bickering between his strikers Romario and Muller and a wrangle about bonuses have contributed to a far from ideal preparation.

14.   Both players will see the final as ideal preparation for the French Open in just over a week.

15.   McDermott said the fly-in-fly-out plan would hardly be an ideal preparation for an international cricket match.

16.   McDermott told commercial television that the fly-in-fly-out plan would not be ideal preparation for an international cricket match.