1.   The first serve was a let.

2.   Although Venus smacked her sister in the back with a big first serve late in the second set of their victory, it was purely coincidental.

3.   Before every first serve he takes two balls, makes a millisecond comparison and dribbles the reject back to the ballkid.

4.   Both players are tall and powerful with impressive first serves, and both rush the net selectively.

5.   A lot of them came during the tie-break and many of the foot faults came while I was putting my first serve in play.

6.   After getting treatment from Alex Stober, the ATP trainer, Enqvist was still having trouble with his first serve.

7.   After returning the first serve, I had just to put the ball in play, but all match there was a lot of pressure.

8.   Against Todd Martin the night before, Roddick relied on his hard, flat ball, allowing just one point when a first serve found the mark.

9.   Chang had trouble getting his first serves in all night.

10.   Connors was having trouble getting in his first serve.