71.   Serena destroyed Hingis in straight sets.

72.   Sampras, after eliminating Marc-Kevin Goellner in straight sets, defended Ivanisevic, whom he beat in the Wimbledon final earlier this summer.

73.   She kicked his can in three straight sets.

74.   Straight sets.

75.   The Croats won three straight sets.

76.   The Czech used her trademark serve-and-volley game to beat unseeded Yayuk Basuki of Indonesia in straight sets.

77.   The tension was palpable when Becker thrashed Kiefer in straight sets on center court at Wimbledon this year in what would prove to be his penultimate victory before retirement.

78.   The United States won the first set going away and seemed on the way to a third straight sets victory.

79.   The week before, Boris Becker had little trouble in beating Mark Woodforde in straight sets in the L.A. Open final at UCLA.

80.   The trouble was, the final match that Roddick won in straight sets Sunday counted for nothing but pride.