11.   She went down to Silvia Farina in a marathon match.

12.   Stretching his sore hamstring gingerly during changeovers, Sampras began chasing down fewer balls and it was clear he might not be able to win a marathon match.

13.   Still weakened from a marathon match in the Italian Open, Thomas Muster flew home to Austria Thursday to rest at home.

14.   The marathon match was followed on court by Greg Rusedski against Todd Martin.

15.   The Pakistani, who has won the Hong Kong Open six times, said the marathon match would not affect his performance in the final.

16.   Was there any mention afterward between the doubles partners about that marathon match?

17.   They said that they had not really discussed their marathon match.

18.   The marathon match rescued the playing schedule which lost one of its main matches when French player Sandrine Testud was forced to pull out because of an injury.