51.   The slower pace helped Musuva, the ninth seed, and Morgunova, the sixth seed, outrun the favorites.

52.   The weather was also a worry for Pat Rafter, the Australian sixth seed, who risks dehydration in long matches because he sweats profusely.

53.   Todd Martin, the fourth seed, had a better day than Krickstein, the sixth seed.

54.   Wheaton, who knocked off sixth seed Marzio Martelli, is coming back from surgery on his right foot.

55.   Woodforde, the sixth seed, will play Stoltenberg.

56.   Fourth-seeded Todd Martin and Richey Reneberg, the sixth seed, also reached the quarterfinals.

57.   France now play either sixth seeds Bulgaria or Indonesia for a place in the semi-finals.

58.   He will now play unseeded compatriot Jonas Bjorkman who upset sixth seed Tim Henman of Britain in straight sets.

59.   In other matches, sixth seed Judith Wiesner of Austria did things the difficult way against Meike Babel of Germany.

60.   In the quarter-finals Friday, Hingis will take on either Thai ace Tamarine Tanasugarn or sixth seed Magdalena Maleeva of Bulgaria.