31.  When Hewitt took the court for his early match Sunday, there were mostly cheers from the fans at Louis Armstrong Stadium.

32.  In other early matches, Germinal Ekeren of Belgium and Dinamo Tbilisi of Georgia got pleasing first leg results.

33.  Chang regularly beat Sampras in their early matches.

34.  The sudden change in eating habits was decided by coach Javier Clemente to prepare his side for their early evening matches.

35.  Sampras, whose season was interrupted by an Achilles tendon injury, said he expected to be a little rusty and stiff after his early matches.

36.  The early matches of the new-look three-day tournament pitted the hopeful against the invincible, but the anticipated rampage from Lomu was not to be.