21.   In the opening set, Davenport looked as if she, too, would coast to victory.

22.   In the opening set, she controlled the net, and the set.

23.   Inside, during an opening set by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, fans munched pizza, sipped beer in plastic cups and shopped for Rolling Stones merchandise.

24.   Ivanisevic had tamed Pescariu in the opening round at Wimbledon, but his powers of concentration went haywire shortly after he won the opening set.

25.   Likhovtseva reeled off the first four games, dropped the next three, then easily wrapped up the opening set.

26.   Not so Capriati, who knew she was done for after Williams closed out the opening set.

27.   Philippoussis was broken three times in the opening set, as he overhit frequently against the smaller but more consistent Swede.

28.   Safin, after an early break, closed out the opening set with a sweet drop shot from behind the baseline and a big forehand winner.

29.   Sampras turned the opening set around right there, served it out and immediately hobbled Agassi in the first game of the second set by breaking him there.

30.   Sampras got off to a sluggish beginning in the opening set, when he immediately compromised himself with two double faults and dropped his serve.