31.   The second set of opening-round matches take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, followed by the last matches of the opening round next Saturday and Sunday.

32.   Under the ATP point system, Sampras recently lost his top ranking to Yevgeny Kafelnikov, even though the Russian has suffered six straight opening round defeats.

33.   Wednesday in the opening round first-leg game of the UEFA cup.

34.   Both sides needed to win the tie to keep alive their hopes of making the final after losing their opening round clashes.

35.   Both France and Australia need to win the tie to keep alive their final hopes after losing their opening round clashes.

36.   But there no sign of it during his opening round here Thursday.

37.   Chang did play in the opening round victory over Mexico.

38.   Dottouev was wobbled in the final seconds of the opening round, but immediately stung Vasquez with a hard counter punch.

39.   Portugal play the United States, South Korean and Poland in the opening round Group D at the World Cup.

40.   Sampras and Chang both drew qualifiers for their opening round matches at the Open, with their opponents expected to be known late Saturday.