11.   NICE, France -- Top seed Yevgeny Kafelnikov meets former Soviet doubles partner Andrei Medvedev, and Marc Rosset plays Alberto Costa in the semifinals of the Nice Open.

12.   Rafter and Bjorkman are former doubles partners.

13.   The bad blood between Sanchez Vicario and Novotna, former doubles partners, broke into the open on the eve of their semifinal.

14.   The two players, former doubles partners who fell out last year, exchanged an icy handshake without making eye contact after Novotna hit an overhead on match point.

15.   Mark Philippoussis has sacked former Wimbledon doubles champion Peter McNamara as his coach after just three months.