1.   Larsson will play unseeded Wally Masur in the final eight.

2.   Along with the three women who reached the quarterfinals Sunday, two Spanish men, Alex Corretja and Juan Carlos Ferrero also made it to the final eight.

3.   AUSTIN, Texas - The final eight put Duke in the Sweet Sixteen.

4.   Boston needed to win its final eight just to get into a one-game playoff.

5.   A dozen years ago in Italy, the Irish came up winners over favored Romania in a shootout and went on to the final eight.

6.   All they knew was that the Norwegians are going back to Oslo and they are going on to Saint-Denis and the final eight.

7.   Brazil, Italy and Germany have each won the trophy three times, and perhaps their presence in the final eight is testimony to some sort of sporting logic.

8.   But it was basketball, elbow-in-your-back style, and a rugged tussle for the final eight.

9.   But the U.S. has established a winning style in this tournament and earned every bit of its trip to the final eight.

10.   Coach Marty Schottenheimer generally has been pleased with his team the final eight games of the season -- with one exception.