11.   Fatigue became a factor for the Nittany Lions against UCLA, which dispatched Ball State in three games in its semifinal match.

12.   Half an hour earlier Davenport had taken on Venus Williams in a highly anticipated semifinal match at the U.S. Open.

13.   Hingis even smiled early on during her semifinal match against Venus Williams yesterday.

14.   Last year, the original Croatian wonder, Ivanisevic, defeated Henman during a semifinal match that stopped and started over two rainy days.

15.   Sampras, meanwhile, lost his semifinal match to Todd Martin Saturday in Memphis.

16.   She did a round of interviews and then headed out to play a doubles semifinal match with her big sister.

17.   So adorable and wholesome, so talented and hard hitting, the teen-agers turned their riveting semifinal match at the U.S. Open into a classic.

18.   She withdrew several minutes before a semifinal match against her sister Serena because of tendinitis in her right knee.

19.   Stunningly, the semifinal match changed from a dull, interminable first half to a wild, gripping conclusion.

20.   The Brazilians, flush with pride after dominating Sweden in a World Cup semifinal match at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., are confident.