61.  Another seeded player who advanced to the second round was Hideki Kaneko of Japan.

62.  Andre Agassi completed the exodus of the top four seeded players from the Stuttgart Masters Series, losing Thursday to Andrei Pavel in the third round.

63.  As a qualifier, he had to play nine matches to win the tournament and ousted four seeded players.

64.  Argentinian Ines Gorrochategui was the first seeded player bounced from the Italian Open, upset in the first round Tuesday by Slovenian qualifier Barbara Mulej.

65.  Becker was not the only seeded player to lose Thursday.

66.  Black was the fifth seeded player to lose at this tournament, leaving Pioline as the highest seed remaining.

67.  Boris Becker and Michael Chang survived first-set lapses at the Paris Open Tuesday leading five seeded players into the third round.

68.  Both Brenda Schultz-McCarthy and Amanda Coetzer won their singles matches Thursday, continuing a strong run by the seeded players at the IGA Tennis Classic.

69.  Both finalists took advantage of all the upsets as not one seeded player reached the semifinals.

70.  Britain has one seeded player left in Tim Henman and the Americans have only one in top-seeded Pete Sampras.