1.   A couple, not counting Manning, could go in the first round this year.

2.   Consider the red clay at the French Open, where he went out in the first round this year.

3.   Four were drafted in the first round this year and that is pretty much the norm.

4.   He is also expected to disclose job cuts, the second round this year.

5.   He was admittedly nervous before his round Thursday, having played very few competitive rounds this year.

6.   If the company does make job cuts, it would be the third round this year.

7.   Included were two against the Jazz in the first round this year, when they fought back to take the last two games and clinched at Utah.

8.   In the first round this year, against the Cubs, he won going seven solid innings.

9.   Kafelnikov, a quarterfinalist in Melbourne a year ago, will face fourth-seeded Boris Becker in that same round this year.

10.   Sampras skipped the first two rounds this year for the second-straight year.