1.   They both made full recoveries after lengthy injury layoffs.

2.   Graf, who lost to Lindsay Davenport in the Stanford semifinals, was asked how her injury layoff affected her personal life.

3.   He is still rusty after a long injury layoff, having finished third this season at the Mount Sac Relays and the Penn Relays.

4.   Potential World Cup players Stephen Larkham and John Eales sent encouraging signs to Australian rugby union selectors Saturday when both made successful returns after long injury layoffs.

5.   A two-time finalist previously at the BellSouth Open, Washington played his first match after an eight-month injury layoff.

6.   All-rounders Dion Nash, Chris Cairns and Scott Styris return from injury layoffs.

7.   Bergkamp, who began the tournament struggling for form after a six-week hamstring injury layoff, has scored in three of the last four Dutch matches.

8.   But he put that down to a lack of match fitness caused by his eight-week injury layoff.

9.   Figo rarely demonstrated his talents at the Suwon stadium, but said his injury layoff was not to blame.

10.   For now, Gallagher relishes the prospect of facing Newcastle and England striker Alan Shearer, who recently returned to action following a six-month injury layoff.