1.   Before the Australian Open, she had not played a singles match since losing to Lindsay Davenport in the last week of October.

2.   But Sampras has an aching left ankle and has played only in a couple of Davis Cup matches since Wimbledon.

3.   Chargin also promotes Jorrin and has been hoping to make that match since Jorrin won the title.

4.   Davenport beat Williams in three sets in the quarterfinals at the Australian Open, and they have split two matches since then.

5.   Granted, the Yanks were playing their first match since October and had their varsity together for the first time since the Copa America last July.

6.   He has lost only one set in the four matches since.

7.   In the matches since then, he has sketched near perfection.

8.   Serena was the less polished of the two in her first match since mid-April.

9.   Stevenson was in her first match since being advancing to the Wimbledon semifinals as a qualifier.

10.   This was her first match since Wimbledon.