1.   Sampras quickly dispatched his opponent in straight sets.

2.   He hammered the young Austrian player in four straight sets.

3.   Along with TIM HENMAN, LLEYTON HEWITT advanced to the fourth round after dissecting the unseeded JULIAN KNOWLE in straight sets.

4.   An exhausted Rafter lost in straight sets.

5.   And last September, Sampras was routed in straight sets by Marat Safin in the U.S. Open final.

6.   And it was great to beat him in straight sets.

7.   And he had won all three of his matches in the Volvo in straight sets coming into the semifinals.

8.   Andre Agassi and Patrick Rafter advanced in straight sets on an afternoon interrupted by showers.

9.   Appearing in his first-ever French Open semifinal, he fell to the eventual champion, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, in straight sets.

10.   Bartzen won in three straight sets.