31.   American teenager Andy Roddick was a young man in a hurry at the Sydney International tennis tournament on Wednesday.

32.   American teenager Michael Fay, caned despite US protests for vandalising cars, was freed from prison here Tuesday.

33.   American teenager Lindsay Davenport powered her way into the quarter-finals when she crushed tenth-seed Gabriela Sabatini in straight-sets.

34.   There was criticism when Hingis and American teenager Venus Williams managed to beat the guideline by playing their first pro tournaments before the end of last year.

35.   US-Singapore relations were under strain earlier this year with caning of an American teenager on vandalism charges in Singapore.

36.   Shiu was involved in the same incident that led to American teenager Michael Fay being given four strokes, despite appeals for clemency by President Bill Clinton.

37.   Singapore Tuesday dropped vandalism charges against an American teenager who like a schoolmate caned last month would have faced a mandatory lashing if convicted.

38.   The mother of the American teenager, Samantha Miksche of Los Angeles, remains missing.