11.   There are no ATP Tour singles events next week.

12.   Thirty skaters will advance to the short program of each singles event later in the week.

13.   Thirty skaters will advance to the short program of each singles event.

14.   Until Bombay, India, in May, he had never won a pro singles event.

15.   Willms, who triumphed in Atlanta in the quadruple sculls, was a hot favorite to win the singles event at the Olympic Regatta Course in Munich.

16.   World champion Sylke Otto led a German sweep Saturday in a World Cup singles luge event.

17.   Wang Tao had been unbeaten since his arrival in England, winning all his matches in the team event and then his first three matches in the singles event.

18.   Jeroen Van Dijk of the Netherlands became only the second seed to go out of either singles event.

19.   The Egyptians hope Nigeria, still expected to arrive in Nairobi after flight delays, will be ill-prepared when the singles events get underway on Thursday.