61.   Rubin dictated play in the third set with blistering ground strokes.

62.   She prefers her ground strokes to land right on the money, seeks total control of the outcome and has a way of forcing her opponents to fold.

63.   She sprayed a lot of ground strokes and betrayed a lot of frustration, arguing a couple of calls.

64.   She has the ground strokes and the footwork and the game plan it takes to win, thanks in large part to her work with coach Harold Solomon.

65.   She did not flinch, but efficiently pounded her ground strokes with deep and severe angles, frustrating Oremans.

66.   She served six double faults in the first set but managed to escape the tiebreaker after Shaughnessy sent four straight ground strokes well off target.

67.   So were his ground strokes, volleys and his service returns, and they were all vintage McEnroe Sunday, as was his footwork and court coverage.

68.   Stich needed five sets and a lot of timely serving to overcome Hernan Gumy, a promising Argentine with big ground strokes.

69.   The players used similar styles, mostly slugging out ground strokes from the baseline.

70.   Very little separated the two players, from the windup style on their ground strokes to the clothes on their backs.