21.   Jo Durie also has the chance to progress with a first round match against fellow stalwart Liz Smylie, ranked four places below her.

22.   I would like to have had a good first round match first.

23.   Durie limped off court after five games of her first round match with Mary Joe Fernandez in Brighton two weeks ago.

24.   After five trips to Wembley in recent seasons, Tranmere Rovers head for Italy next week for their first competitive match in Europe.

25.   Victory over Swansea at the Deva Stadium today would guarantee Barrow and Chester seven points in a week after a defeat at Fulham in his first match in charge.

26.   First house match for Kiplin on Tuesday.

27.   The plan is that none of these people will be able to purchase any of the seven thousand tickets available to England for the first round matches.

28.   Also disappointed was the American eight-woman rowing team, which was upset in its first match against Belarus.

29.   Although he looked strong in the first match, by the second he was leading exclusively with left shoulder and seemed incapable of his trademark body hurling.

30.   And Pablo Mastroeni survived occasional lapses in his first important international match as a defensive midfielder.