1.   Martin and Washington are both familiar with and fond of fast indoor surfaces, and the Supreme court here certainly qualifies.

2.   The indoor surface is the same used in Frankfurt for this tournament last year, but for some reason, it is playing appreciably faster.

3.   These athletes took so many splinters on the slick Armory indoor surface that they looked like pin cushions after a rough-and-tumble race.

4.   Playing on a fast indoor surface she ended the match with three service winners.

5.   Agassi faces Michael Chang, Sergi Bruguera and Alberto Berasategui, all of whom are threats on clay but have little chance on the fast GreenSet indoor surface.

6.   Already one of the most successful players on indoor surfaces, the fourth-ranked Becker has been riding high in recent weeks.

7.   Another Bjoerkman double fault on the indoor surface gave Sampras the break that decided the second set.

8.   Becker reached the semifinals for the second straight year and on the super-fast indoor surface he has a good chance of winning the event for the first time.

9.   Both Greek players rallied from a set down on the fast Greenset Trophy indoor surface.

10.   Ferreira then came to Paris and won matches on the indoor surface for the first time in five times at the Paris Open.