1.   A backhand return beyond bounds gave Hingis the first set.

2.   After handing Clavet the third set by pushing a whimpy backhand return out of bounds, the American castigated himself throughout the final set.

3.   After Sampras missed a backhand pass and a backhand return, Corretja completed the shocker in Sampras-like style as he threw an ace down the middle.

4.   Agassi caromed a double-barreled backhand return past Rafter so quickly that the Aussie had taken only a step or two on his route to the net.

5.   But a halting backhand return into the net followed by that barely errant yet fatal forehand did Norman in.

6.   Graf saved two match points, but Sanchez Vicario won it when Graf hit a backhand return over the baseline.

7.   He is making more of an effort to hit backhand returns and groundstrokes earlier and with more pace.

8.   He broke first in the third game of the final set Saturday, with a crisp cross-court backhand return.

9.   He won the first point after hitting an odd, looping backhand return that landed on the line and forced Suzuki to retreat and fire up a weak lob.

10.   Novotna began the final game with a double fault and saved one match point when Hingis flogged a backhand return out of bounds.