91.  Australia, Western Samoa, Britain and defending champion New Zealand each won their opening two matches Friday at the Super League World Nines competition.

92.  Because Agassi has lost his opening match in four consecutive tournaments, he has played just eight times this year, making it difficult to shake the slump.

93.  Australia also won the opening match in the best-of-three finals series by five wickets in Sydney on Sunday.

94.  Australia plays Croatia and France takes on the United States in opening matches Sunday.

95.  Australia plays its opening first-class match of the tour against Western Province in a three-day clash beginning Saturday at Newlands.

96.  Australian cricket captain Mark Taylor said Tuesday that his country was in a no-win situation by boycotting its opening match of the World Cup tournament in Sri Lanka.

97.  Before Bol, Kournikova was losing five consecutive times in opening matches.

98.  Besok troubled the Australians in the opening match and haunted the Spanish opposition with his strength and ability to read the ball.

99.  Barbados easily beat Antigua in the opening Zone B match of the West Indies annual Limited Overs Red Stripe cricket tournament Tuesday.

100.  Belgium plays its opening match Saturday against its neighbor, the Netherlands, and if one takes the Belgians at their word, it should be no contest.