1.   And, with two major figures going head-to-head for a championship, it is perhaps the most anticipated boxing match in more than two decades.

2.   But the anticipated wrestling match never materialized.

3.   But the implications for the Red Sox seem to run almost secondary to the eagerly anticipated pitching match.

4.   First things first, and that means the first anticipated match of the tournament.

5.   Half an hour earlier Davenport had taken on Venus Williams in a highly anticipated semifinal match at the U.S. Open.

6.   That could help explain why the two most anticipated quarterfinal matches on this sunlit afternoon at the Foro Italico turned out to be duds.

7.   But there were none of the hoped-for echoes of Evert and Navratilova when Hingis and Williams took the court for their much anticipated match.

8.   Five fourth-round games were scheduled for Sunday with Liverpool at Arsenal in the most eagerly anticipated match.

9.   Five fourth-round games were also scheduled for Sunday with Liverpool at Arsenal in the most eagerly anticipated match.

10.   Roma faces Liverpool in a much anticipated Champions League match on Wednesday.