11.   Medvedev used his deadly drop shot and his finesse game to upset the eighth-seeded Brazilian, the most successful player on clay this season.

12.   Norman had won only two of nine matches on clay this season on entering the French.

13.   Norman had won only two of nine matches on clay this season before the French Open.

14.   Norman had won only two of nine matches on clay this season entering the French.

15.   On Sunday, he won for the first time on clay this season, beating Franco Squillari as the Americans downed Argentina.

16.   Schaller won a clay-court tournament this year at Casablanca and has competed in eight tournaments on clay this season.

17.   Thomas Muster is unbeaten on clay this season and Sergi Bruguera has won the title the last two years.

18.   Hewitt came into the French Open, where he was a quarter-finalist last year, with a mixed bag of form on clay this season.