11.   Playing catchup golf all day in the opening round match against Vijay Singh, Mickelson needed to hole his chip shot from the greenside bunker to force a playoff.

12.   Pete Sampras lost more than a first round match at the Italian Open.

13.   -- Boris Becker after losing his third round match interrupted due to bad weather and nightfall.

14.   - speed of fastest serve of the tournament so far served by Greg Rusedski in his third round match against Davide Sanguinetti.

15.   A few hours later, however, Roddick withdrew from his second round match with an ankle injury.

16.   Agassi was delighted yet cautious with his win, a definite improvement after losing four opening round matches in his last four events.

17.   Already qualified for the quarterfinals, the team faces Slovakia in its last qualifying round match Tuesday.

18.   American Andrei Agassi, who entered the tournament as a wild card, will also play his first round match on Wednesday against Italian Gianluca Pozzi.

19.   Andre Agassi also won his first round match, but it was not in the singles competition.

20.   Andrei Pavel of Romania caused a major upset by defeating Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek on Thursday in a second round match of the Gold Flake Open tennis tournament.