31.   International striker Fernando Morientes is ruled out with a right thigh strain although midfielders Zinedine Zidane and Santiago Solari have been declared fit.

32.   Its other acquisition this week, Portuguese international midfielder Paulo Sousa from Panathinaikos, is ruled out with a thigh strain.

33.   Kehl has an ankle injury and Metzelder, who had been expected to make his first start for the national team, suffered a thigh muscle strain.

34.   Last Sunday, Williams won the Gaz de France tournament when Jelena Dokic withdrew from the final with a thigh strain.

35.   Lewis, who is suffering from a slight thigh strain, will certainly play if fit, opening the bowling with Dominic Cork.

36.   Mpenza had been suffering from a thigh strain for several days.

37.   Ronaldo last played a match with Inter in December, before being sidelined with a thigh strain.

38.   Sampras lost in first rounds in Monte Carlo and Rome, and suffered a thigh strain last week in Duesseldorf at the World Team Cup.

39.   Sitting next to him will be Dutch midfielder Aron Winter, out three weeks with right thigh strain.

40.   The Colombian has been nursing a severe thigh strain since he transferred to Parma from Newcastle in January.