The world No61 had to come from a set down to edge a keenly contested battle with a third set tie-break, eventually prevailing 2-6, 7-6, 7-6 (7-6).
Both Italy's finance minister and deputy prime minister led calls for Mr Fazio to go because of his alleged intervention and favouritism in a highly contested battle between an Italian and a Dutch bank to take over Banca Antonveneta.
The New Yorker, November 30 , 1929P. 47 In a hotly contested battle last night, Apartment 14-C from Eighty-sixth Street defeated a quick-thinking William and Mary duet, defending Apt.
By Barry Fleming The New Yorker, November 30 , 1929P. 47 In a hotly contested battle last night, Apartment 14-C from Eighty-sixth Street defeated a quick-thinking William and Mary duet, defending Apt.
Nehru's daughter, Indira Gandhi, won a hotly contested battle for the succession, largely because leaders of the Congress party thought they could manipulate her from behind the scenes.
The decathlon featured a tightly contested battle between Rafer Johnson of the United States and Yang Chuan-kwang of Taiwan, close friends who both attended the University of California at Los Angeles and trained under the same coach.
With Julia Child and Larousse leading the shortcrust charge, ranged against the might of Raymond Blanc and Britain's finest pastry chef, Claire Clark, formerly of the French Laundry, in the puff camp, this was going to be a keenly contested battle.
Mr. Cantor's support could be a sign that Republican leaders who have been sitting on the fence are now willing to show their hand in what has become a hotly contested battle that some feel has been potentially damaging to the party's chances in the November general election.
When I step back and look at Intel, Apple, Cisco Systems and Google, I see dominant players in a bitterly contested battle for market dominance if not supremacy.
