1.   She played marathon matches, often hustling unwitting men who could not imagine that a woman could beat them.

2.   The best tennis show will always be the long and winding marathon match.

3.   The stiff back and blisters on his right foot that developed during the course of his fourth-round marathon match with Yzaga are gone.

4.   Both unseeded players looked sluggish because of their marathon matches on Friday to reach the final.

5.   Despite the marathon match two days earlier, Rubin said she felt great physically and mentally.

6.   Fifth-seeded Ai Sugiyama of Japan was involved in a similar marathon match against Barbara Schett.

7.   Hewitt pranced off the court and jumped high into the air, waving his fist to celebrate what turned out to be the key point of the marathon match.

8.   Hewitt pranced off the court, jumped high into the air and waved his fist to celebrate what turned out to be the key point of the marathon match.

9.   Jim Courier loves plain fruit salad, and wolfed down three bananas during his marathon match Friday night--Saturday morning against Todd Woodbridge.

10.   Scott Draper outlasted Thomas Muster in a marathon match Wednesday to make the third-seeded Austrian the latest upset victim in the Italian Open.