41.  Davenport, the top seed here at Linz will meet Daja Bedanova of the Czech Republic in her opening second round match on Thursday.

42.  Defending champion Wayne Ferreira of South Africa entered the next round without sweat after his Moroccan opponent Younes El Aynaoui twisted his ankle and conceded the first round match.

43.  Defending champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia is the top seed and he faces South African Marcos Ondruska in his first round match.

44.  Dennis Bergkamp acknowledged Wednesday that fortune favored the Netherlands in the World Cup second round match against Yugoslavia.

45.  Earlier in the day, the final first round match was completed with Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina advancing to the second round.

46.  Escude beat Richey Reneberg of the United States in five sets in their third round match Saturday.

47.  Feyenoord faces a tough second round match against English club Everton later this month.

48.  First and second round matches used to be sure wins for seeded players.

49.  First round matches to follow Tuesday include Nathalie Tauziat of France against Elena Lichovtseva of Russia and Brenda Schultz-McCarthy of the Netherlands against Florencia Labat of Argentina.

50.  France-South Africa started a day ahead of the three other World Group first round matches because of the French presidential elections.