1.   The last game before the first drizzle arrived saw Rafter taken to six deuces as he wrestled to hold his serve.

2.   Amid the national roll call of upsets so far, the Midwest was the only regional in the NCAA tournament in which the top-seeded teams held serve.

3.   And of course, Sampras would have been better off holding his serves.

4.   As soon as her big sister let her guard down, Serena came muscling back, holding serve and breaking Venus to draw even.

5.   Before serving the next point, she stretched her calf but still managed to chase down a Hingis drop shot in the next exchange and hold her serve.

6.   Both men held serve from there on out, but Black had clearly won the mental advantage and took that edge into the tiebreaker.

7.   Both players held their serves throughout the second set.

8.   Boeheim, without trying to sound like he sensed another upset, nevertheless acknowledged that holding serve in college ball has become exceedingly difficult.

9.   A purveyor of bruising ground strokes and graceful volleys, Kournikova was inefficient when the task turned to holding serve.

10.   A resilient Williams went on to hold her serve.