T...uesday's match between Elena Dementieva and Meilen Tu in Warsaw will be remembered, but not for the 6-7, 6-0, 7-5 score in Dementieva's favor -- snow flurries fell during play.
E...xhibition players Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal talked about tactics before "The Battle of the Surfaces." Both acknowledged that playing on the clay side would be an advantage, so it may come as no surprise that Nadal won the match 7-5, 4-6, 7-6.
N...umber one tournament seeds Nikolay Davydenko (Estoril) and Tommy Haas (Munich) suffered first round defeats at the hands of Frenchmen. Davydenko lost to Olivier Patience and Haas to Sebastien Grosjean.
N...ew record: On Thursday, for the duration of an ATP doubles third-set tie-break. Albert Montanes and Ruben Ramirez-Hidalgo won the deciding set over Simon Aspelin and Frantisek Cermak, 23-21.
I...rrespective of gender or location, the best tennis match on Friday will occur in Warsaw, where Venus Williams and Svetlana Kuznetsova meet in the quarterfinals.
S...trasbourg-born Paul-Henri Mathieu has been having a career renaissance lately. Last week he won in Casablanca and has advanced this week to the quarterfinals in Estoril.
W...omen's seeded players have fallen for the second straight week in Estoril. Only Marion Bartoli (#1) and Lucie Safarova (#3) remain after two rounds of play.
O...dds of Nadal winning the French Open: 5:6, per the UK betting house Sky Bet. Federer's odds to win Wimbledon? 2:5.
R...oland Garros highlights and classic matches have been a staple of The Tennis Channel's recent coverage, and now memorable matches from the Rome Masters will also be televised. Agassi vs. Haas (2002) and Federer vs. Nadal (2006) will be shown on Friday.
L...awsuits are popular this week. Renata Marcinkowska, a former WTA tour player, declared that she invented the concept of a multi-surface tennis court, having received a patent for the idea in 2004. She has filed suit against IMG and two advertising agencies over "The Battle of the Surfaces."
D...ulko, Gisela of Argentina won her first career title in Budapest last week, defeating Sorana-Mihaela Cirstea of Romania 6-7, 6-2, 6-2.
--Ed McGrogan