21.  The top eight ranked players advance to the tournament at Hanover, Germany, in November.

22.  The top eight ranked players advance to the tournament in Hanover, Germany in November.

23.  The top-eight ranked players qualify.

24.  Third-seeded Cedric Pioline was the highest ranked player to advance.

25.  Widjaja also made history last year when she became the lowest ranked player ever to win a WTA Tour event, in Bali.

26.  Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek, seeded fourth, is the highest ranked player left.

27.  With a bracket that included winners of seven French Opens and the highest ranked unseeded player, Sampras was not expected to get this far.

28.  With the top six gone, seventh-seeded Lleyton Hewitt of Australia was the highest ranked player remaining.

29.  Hoch, the highest ranked player in the tournament, struggled to generate the momentum necessary to challenge the leaders.

30.  And she warned that people should not be surprised if the title went to someone other than a top ranked player.