1.   Watching in the guest box alongside British heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis was Serena Williams, who is seeded to face her sister in the final.

2.   Hingis travels to Tokyo Sunday, where she will be seeded to face Graf in potentially their first final of the year.

3.   England are seeded to face a quarter-final against either Australia or South Africa and a possible semi-final against France.

4.   Zimabwe are seeded to face the United States in the semi-finals.

5.   Sampras is seeded to face Croatian Goran Ivanisevic in the final.

6.   The Australians are seeded to face South Africa in the semi-finals.