31.   Akebono, or Chad Rowan from Hawaii, and rival yokozuna Takanohana both are seeking their ninth tournament title.

32.   Akebono, or Chad Rowan, will seek his eighth tournament title, and Musashimaru, or Fiamalu Penitani, his second.

33.   Akebono, who has eight tournament titles, is hoping to win his first as a Japanese.

34.   And it was her sixth tournament title of the year, tops on the Corel WTA Tour.

35.   Anna Kournikova has magazine cover photographs and marketing contracts to her name, if no tournament titles.

36.   As the U.S. Open begins Monday, Williams returns more polished in every way, and has the confidence of several tournament titles behind her.

37.   Chang added that he was tired because of his tournament title on Monday, when he beat Goran Ivanisevic in the final.

38.   Confident after her first career tournament title in Filderstadt last week, fifth-seed Hingis stormed through her previous matches.

39.   Coming off tournament titles in the ATP Championships at Cincinnati last week and the Olympics the week before, Agassi was playing his first match of the tournament.

40.   Coming off her first career tournament title in Filderstadt Sunday, Hingis had breezed through the earlier rounds.