1.   Pierce displayed the same stinging groundstrokes she used to oust top seed Monica Seles the day before.

2.   Barna, who ousted top seed Angeles Montolio at Estoril, gave a consistent display in her first final but failed to impose her game.

3.   Delgado ousted top seed Pete Sampras in the second round.

4.   Delgado was the man who ousted top seed Pete Sampras in the second round.

5.   In the semi-final she faces Meike Babel of Germany who swiftly ousted sixth seed Sandra Cecchini of Italy.

6.   Rafter now appears prepared to clinch the trophy for the second year running after he swiftly ousted fifth seed Tommy Haas of Germany in two sets.

7.   Russian grandmaster Peter Svidler ousted second seed Michael Adams of England.

8.   She next faces compatriot Amy Frazier, who ousted top seed Arantxa Sanchez Vicario on Tuesday.

9.   Seles will meet Molik in the semis, who ousted third seed Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario of Spain in the first round.

10.   She ousted top seed Monica Seles in the third round with an array of impressive groundstrokes from both sides.