1.   A second-round match against Venus Williams looms as a coming-out party, but first, she must beat veteran Meilen Tu in the opening round.

2.   After giving his buddy, Spadea, a lucky baseball cap to start the week, Joyce got himself into the upset mode here by beating veteran Guy Forget.

3.   But come the fall, can Sand attract enough attention to beat the veteran, well-entrenched Democratic incumbent, Kent Conrad?

4.   Democrats were also stunned in Illinois, where a little-known Republican lawyer, Michael Flanagan, beat veteran Rep. Dan Rostenkowski.

5.   Yesterday, He beat tour veterans such as Bruce Crampton, Homero Blancas, Don Massengale, Calvin Peete and Ken Still.

6.   Pernilla Wiberg of Sweden won her first World Cup race of the season Sunday, beating Swiss veteran Vreni Schneider by nearly a half second to win the slalom.

7.   Pernilla Wiberg of Sweden won her first World Cup race of the season, beating Swiss veteran Vreni Schneider by nearly a half second to win the slalom.

8.   Coughlin, from Columbus, Ohio, earned his ninth Pro Stock victory of the season, beating veteran Darrell Alderman.

9.   Kazakhstan Vladimir Smirnov beat Swedish veteran Torgny Mogren for third place.

10.   Marchers clashed Thursday in the western city of Lviv when a group of young Communists beat a nationalist veteran severely, the Interfax news agency reported.