1.   Pescosolido, a member of the Italian Davis Cup team, will face Muster, the most consistent player on clay this year.

2.   Philippoussis also lost in the first round of Monte Carlo, his first appearance on clay this year.

3.   Philippoussis lost for the first time in four matches against Bjorkman in a battle of two players who have struggled on clay this year.

4.   And in his only two matches on clay this year, he lost to Bohdan Ulihrach and Yevgeny Kafelnikov.

5.   But the favorite could be Mary Pierce, the Canadian-born Frenchwoman with the best results on clay this year.

6.   He closed the match with a ripping forehand for only his second win on clay this year.

7.   Haas reached his second quarterfinal on clay this year, after also being in the last eight two weeks ago in Monte Carlo Masters.

8.   He had lost three other tournaments on clay this year in his opening match.

9.   He lost six matches before coming here and remains without a title on clay this year.

10.   Hingis had been unbeaten on clay this year, winning at Hamburg and Rome, where she ousted Kournikova in the quarterfinals.