1.   Carroll is not looking for any ironic justice, not expecting Nikodinov -- who has never medaled -- to upset defending champion Kwan.

2.   They were an eighth and final seeded team, upsetting the champions of the Eastern Conference.

3.   A confident Andre Agassi played his best, aggressive tennis to upset defending champion Carlos Moya Sunday and reach the quarterfinals of the French Open.

4.   Back in Europe, where soccer is by far the dominant sport, Juventus upset defending champion Ajax Amsterdam to win the Champions Cup final in Rome.

5.   Britain was the surprise winner of the Olympic gold, barely making it through the round robin stage before upsetting defending champion Canada and then beating Switzerland.

6.   Dallas Stewart, a former assistant to D. Wayne Lukas, won the Distaff when Unbridled Elaine upset defending champion Spain, trained by Lukas.

7.   Cuba upset Olympic champion Yugoslavia in their opener on Tuesday and has a chance to wrap up the round-robin competition on Sunday when it faces winless Argentina.

8.   Dementieva upset defending champion Lindsay Davenport in a first-round match Wednesday night.

9.   Dementieva, who reached the semifinals of the U.S. Open and the gold medal game at the Sydney Olympics, began the Championships by upsetting defending champion Lindsay Davenport.

10.   He upset defending champion Boris Becker in the first round, then went straight through to the final, where he lost to Sampras.