31.   The triple champions have also played a record nine semi-finals and six finals.

32.   The triple Wimbledon champion again broke the Swede to love in the seventh game of the third set when Larsson sent a backhand into the net.

33.   Triple Olympic champion Alberto Tomba pulled out with a bruised rib after the first leg.

34.   Triple champion Martina Hingis reached the Australian Open tennis semi-finals for the sixth consecutive time after she beat Italian Adriana Serra-Zanetti in straight sets Tuesday.

35.   Triple champions Germany clash with Mexico or the Uinted States.

36.   Triple Olympic skiing champion Alberto Tomba announced here on Saturday that he will race for another season, ending speculation that the hugely popular Italian would retire.

37.   Sampras will have a practice match with triple Wimbledon champion Boris Becker on the Rebound Ace hardcourt surface at Kooyong.

38.   Seles, seeded eight, will play triple champion and third seed Martina Hingis for a place in final.

39.   Seles, seeded eight, will play triple champion and third seed Martina Hingis in the semi-finals.

40.   Sixth seed Boris Becker, a triple Wimbledon champion, said he was distracted by the doubles match during his revenge victory over American Richey Reneberg on Tuesday.