1.   Graf chipped away at Seles with a mixed bag of old-fashioned howitzer forehands, delicately sliced backhands and the occasional drop shot.

2.   Handle a sliced backhand?

3.   He also mixed up the pace on his ball, using a sliced backhand to set up a roundhouse forehand down the line.

4.   Mixing up his sliced backhands, using different spins on his serve, Rafter won a match that was more like a brain brawl.

5.   Suddenly, his sliced backhands were landing shorter and his returns lost their earlier zip.

6.   Too many of his service returns ended in the net, while his normally dependable sliced backhand lacked accuracy.

7.   Vacek then slowed down his game with sliced backhands, hard to handle for the power-hitting Swede.

8.   She mixed up her game, confusing Novotna with a selection of dropshots, lobs, driving forehands and sliced backhands.

9.   The German hit a sliced backhand long.