41.  The two teams meet in a U.S. Open Cup quarterfinal match, and have two more MLS regular-season games.

42.  Those two old rivals will meet Wednesday night in their quarterfinal match.

43.  Tuesday, in a quality quarterfinal match, the two put on a revival of their talents.

44.  Two quarterfinal matches will be played today.

45.  Venus was asked after winning her quarterfinal match against Barbara Schett who would win if she and Hingis both are at the top of their games today.

46.  Venus, however, would first have to get past top-seeded Martina Hingis, whom she could meet in a quarterfinal match.

47.  Unfortunately for the autograph hounds in the Old Town Square on Thursday, none of those American tennis stars committed to this quarterfinal match against the Czech Republic.

48.  Unlike her sister Venus Williams almost three hours before, Serena Williams could not escape the same final-set score of her quarterfinal match at the Australian Open.

49.  When French captain Didier Deschamps walked into the Stade de France for the quarterfinal match against Italy, all he saw in the tribunes were dark suits and ties.

50.  Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi moved closer to a rematch of their Wimbledon final on Friday, winning quarterfinal matches in the Mercedes-Benz Cup.