1.   He spent five games on the injured list after aggravating a rib cartilage strain.

2.   Meanwhile, Nemchinov remains sidelined in Vancouver with a rib muscle strain.

3.   And seven-time champion Pete Sampras, who had been questionable with a rib strain, came out to play his first-round match.

4.   But he sustained a rib strain over the weekend and asked for his match to be put back to Tuesday.

5.   Sampras, who sustained a rib strain over the weekend, had been expected to be scheduled for the Centre Court opener.

6.   World number four Kafelnikov, who was seeded seventh, pulled out of the ATP Hamlet Cup this week after a left rib strain suffered last Sunday in practice.