31.   Both players have yet to drop a set.

32.   Budge, meanwhile, was breezing through opponents, never dropping a set and winning three of his four Slams that season in under one hour.

33.   But Canas produced a double-fault to drop the set.

34.   But the Spaniard lost four straight games to drop the set.

35.   But through three rounds he has yet to drop a set, winning three tiebreakers, and he was particularly polished against Youzhny.

36.   Capriati and Venus Williams are the only remaining women yet to drop a set at the Open.

37.   Costa has not dropped a set since the first round at Hamburg, when he saved two match points against Andrei Medvedev.

38.   Courier has not dropped a set in his eight tournament matches this year.

39.   Courier went through the Australian Hardcourt championship without dropping a set but was not completely happy with his form against Boetsch.

40.   Davenport had been on cruise control in the Open, playing aggressive, effective tennis, never dropping a set on the road to the championship match.