1.  IVAN Lendl joined the long list of seeded players to fall at the US Open when he was forced to retire because of tendinitis in his left knee.

2.  It was a far cry from the second day heroics of Matheson and Chris Wilkinson, who both put out seeded players Wilkinson spectacularly dismissing Goran Ivanisevic.

3.  And out went another seeded player.

4.  Another day at the Acura Classic brings another seeded player knocked off by Amy Frazier.

5.  After easing through the tournament without having to face a seeded player, the top-seeded Sampras was in the final.

6.  Agassi, who disposed of Muster, is the only semifinalist to face a seeded player.

7.  But like most of the other seeded players Monday, Hingis used the first round of the U.S. Open as a new beginning.

8.  But Venus will be the first seeded player she has faced.

9.  Fourth-seeded Yevgeny Kafelnikov was the sole seeded player to advance to the quarterfinals during the daytime program at the Connecticut Tennis Center.