41.  Los Angeles won its third straight match and moved into first place in the Western Division.

42.  Newcastle, under new coach Ruud Gullit, had won four straight matches.

43.  Nguyen Duc Thang was brilliant in goal for the second straight match, yielding an early goal before closing the door.

44.  On Friday, each won in straight sets for the third straight match.

45.  Roddick, who has now won seven straight matches, closed out the match with an ace.

46.  She ended up losing her seventh straight match to Seles.

47.  Salinas set a J-League record by scoring in seven straight matches.

48.  Serena has won four straight matches against Capriati, including three this year.

49.  Takeshi Yamanaka, Toshiyuki Sakai, Tatsuki Katayama and Yasunori Iwata scored for Japan, which dropped its third straight match.

50.  Spain goalkeeper Casillas was starting his fourth straight match.