1.   And he lost in the first round of his two Wimbledon warmup tournaments in Rosmalen, Netherlands, and Nottingham, England.

2.   But McGrath, a Swiss-based American who won a warmup tournament in Birmingham last month, is playing the best grass-court tennis of her life.

3.   Fish had top-seed Hewitt under pressure early, breaking serve in the first game of their opening match at the Wimbledon warmup tournament.

4.   Graf has been troubled by a swollen left kneecap which forced her to pull out of the Wimbledon warmup tournament in Eastbourne.

5.   Hingis, winner of the Open warmup tournament in Sydney two weeks ago, was always in command against Fernandez.

6.   In an Australian Open warmup tournament, Hingis and Seles beat the Williams sisters.

7.   It has rained almost daily in southern England for the last three weeks, disrupting all the Wimbledon warmup tournaments and Wimbledon qualifying.

8.   Jennifer Capriati is fatigued from her French Open victory and has withdrawn from a Wimbledon warmup tournament in the Netherlands next week.

9.   Kafelnikov, winner of a Wimbledon warmup tournament in Germany, posseses an all-court game that made him one of the top title challengers.

10.   McGrath, who won a warmup tournament in Birmingham last month, served six aces and readily attacked the net in a solid display of grass-court tennis.