41.   Schett, with two service games for the match, never was able to finish it off.

42.   Seles, whose bad shoulder had hindered her service game in the semifinals against Conchita Martinez, had more on her serve Sunday.

43.   She looked angry but hit both of her aces of the match in the service game.

44.   The Spaniard served so badly this time that she was broken in her last six service games.

45.   The Spaniard surrendered her own service game without winning a single point and launched an overwrought forehand outside the sideline at triple break point.

46.   Then Davenport won her service game easily, and Hingis was up to serve again.

47.   Though her humor failed to help her end the match with a flourish, the lost service game was not much of a setback.

48.   Undeterred, Davenport broke Hingis in her second service game of the second set and ultimately won the set on a botched drop shot by Hingis.

49.   Williams lost her service game on the next point, then lost the next game before winning the next two, earning back the service break.

50.   Pierce also had her serve working for her, particularly in the first set, when she relinquished just five points in as many service games.