31.  So, a World Cup quarterfinal match filled with subplots of revenge and makeup calls barely seemed to affect the Croatian national team Saturday night.

32.  South Korea, the home team, will play a quarterfinal match with Spain in Kwangju on Saturday.

33.  That could help explain why the two most anticipated quarterfinal matches on this sunlit afternoon at the Foro Italico turned out to be duds.

34.  The clouds coalesced into an ominous charcoal smudge at twilight during his quarterfinal match against Nicolas Escude in the Hamlet Cup Friday night.

35.  The emotions were a somersault from the situation days earlier, when India beat Pakistan in a quarterfinal match at Bangalore that assumed the proportions of war.

36.  The Danes, who face Brazil in a quarterfinal match next Friday, were a revelation.

37.  The Italians probably had more to complain about than most after their quarterfinal match with Spain.

38.  The later team dominated the top U.S. team, Karch Kiraly and Adam Johnson, in a late Friday night quarterfinal match.

39.  The occasion was the ceremonial draw for a World Group quarterfinal match against the Dutch this weekend.

40.  The quarterfinal match between Venus Williams, the two-time champion here, and Justine Henin was postponed because of rain.