61.   A victory over Montgomerie would send Paulson into a second-round match against the winner of Glen Day-Thomas Bjorn.

62.   After all that preparation, all that anticipation for his big match against Sampras, Agassi took the court in a sluggish state, full of regret.

63.   After all, the Knicks restocked their roster this past summer to match up against Jordan and his teammates.

64.   After knee surgery a year ago, Cash flowed through qualifying only to grab his back in pain during his first-round match against Andrei Olhovskiy on Tuesday.

65.   Agassi can reclaim the top ranking he lost to Sampras in November by winning his quarterfinal match against Jim Courier.

66.   Agassi tries to get back on track tonight in a first-round match against ex-UCLA star Justin Gimelstob.

67.   Agassi won the title match against Martin in five sets.

68.   Agassi won the last match against Sampras at Indian Wells this year and has won three of the past four meetings.

69.   But after winning the decisive match against Fernando Meligeni in the first round of the Davis Cup in Brazil, he has regained his edge.

70.   But he has found his second-round match against Jerome Golmard an experience akin to waiting for Godot.