1.  Chilled champagne flowed as enthusiasts bowled heavy silver balls in a French game known as petanque.

2.  Other cranes swung heavy wrecking balls to bring down the standing hulks of buildings.

3.  Two beaters on each team also block the chasers, hitting heavy balls called bludgers toward the opposing team and away from their own.

4.  Haklits used an apparatus in which the heavy ball sits inside a mesh bag.

5.  Haas, who is based in Florida, said the humid conditions made the balls heavy and the court slow.

6.  Sampras, though, hits a heavy ball, too, and except for Philippoussis and Ivanisevic, it may be the hardest in the sport.

7.  Sampras, who had only two aces against Mirnyi, said his tightly strung racket and heavy balls combined to make his arm sore.

8.  The heavy balls slowed his serve.