1.   Conchita Martinez of Spain set up a semifinal against Lindsay Davenport with a straight sets win over Sandrine Testud at the Australian Open on Tuesday.

2.   Former title holder Mary Pierce ended a miserable week for soft-serving Russian Anna Kournikova Monday with a straight sets win at the Australian Open.

3.   Former titleholder Mary Pierce put Kournikova out of her misery Monday in a straight sets win in the fourth round.

4.   Graf will meet eighth-seed Magui Serna in the quarterfinals, the Spaniard advancing after a straight sets win over American Corina Morariu.

5.   Martina Hingis, back at the site of her first Grand Slam title, entered the unknown Thursday before coming back down to earth with a straight sets win.

6.   Two-time defending champion Martina Hingis stayed on course for her third straight Australian Open title with a straight sets win over Mary Pierce of France on Wednesday.

7.   A colourful Williams also eased into the second round with a straight sets win over Slovak Martina Sucha.

8.   Becker, seeded three and a winner in Vienna last week, reaggravated the injury in his straight sets win over Fredrik Fetterlein on Wednesday.

9.   But Knowles and Macphie proved too strong for the injury-hit South Africans and wrapped up the match with a straight sets win.

10.   Defending champion Jennifer Capriati swept into the third round at the Australian Open here Thursday with a straight sets win over fellow American Meilen Tu.