21.   He must first prove himself in a qualifying tournament the week before the real thing.

22.   He lost in the qualifying tournament and thus failed to reach the main draw of the Sybase Open in San Jose.

23.   He preferred to try his luck in the qualifying tournament and leave the wild cards to those who deserved them more.

24.   His big win in the qualifying tournament was over Olivier Patience of France.

25.   He was the top-seeded player in the qualifying tournament, and won two matches before losing to Cyril Saulnier of France.

26.   His performance this week at the qualifying tournament has been encouraging.

27.   If Holland needs a scouting report on anybody for the European qualifying tournament, the double agent will be happy to oblige.

28.   In just one week, Palffy will return to Salt Lake City with teammate Lubomir Visnovsky to represent Slovakia in an Olympic qualifying tournament.

29.   In November, Harrington signed with the St. Paul Saints of the Independent League and he pitched seven shutout innings for the United States in an international qualifying tournament.

30.   Instead, the Canadians lost to Nicaragua in the finals of the qualifying tournament.