1.   TWICE US Open champion and former teenage sensation Tracy Austin began a comeback yesterday by winning her first match in nearly nine years.

2.   She won the first, she won what did she win?

3.   Ballesteros won the first of his two Masters in his fourth appearance.

4.   Before Faldo won the first of his three Masters titles, he spent five years simply learning the course.

5.   A man was shot dead Sunday after winning the first of two rounds to represent the western district of Chaghcharan at the loya jirga.

6.   A year later in his sophomore season, Earnhardt won the first of his record-tying seven championships, the earliest anyone has won a title.

7.   A year later, Jennings won the first of three consecutive World Cross-Country championships, catapulting her into the upper echelon of the sport.

8.   Ali and Frazier fought three memorable bouts, with Frazier winning the first and Ali winning the next two.

9.   But Goldstein won the first when Joyce hit a forehand over the baseline, and the second when he ripped a service return.

10.   Cheever would like to win his first.