Sentence examples for a higher-ranked player from inspiring English sources

(Ms. Giorgi wound up beating a higher-ranked player).

I prefer to play a higher-ranked player, but you can't pick the draw".

When Tiger Woods was struggling last season, would he have performed better if he'd borrowed a putter from a higher-ranked player like Rory McIlroy?

French 12th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga also knocked out a higher-ranked player in straight sets, seeing off Spanish seventh seed David Ferrer 6-3 6-3 7-6 (7-1).

She had just beaten a much higher-ranked player, Alona Bondarenko, to get through into the second round.

In most of these marriages, the husband is the higher-ranked player.

"I think everyone when they are a kid and first play tennis thinks about being in a grand slam final and Wimbledon is the biggest one of them all". Djokovic had won both the previous matches between the two and as the world No3 was the higher-ranked player, far more experienced at this level, having played in six previous semi-finals.

Courier said he thought the higher-ranked players had an even bigger advantage in Ashe Stadium than usual because of all the distractions.

He hooked up with Nieminen, 28, a higher-ranked singles player now coming off wrist surgery.

"The initial assessment of those matches, supported by other intelligence, indicates that a number of account holders are successfully laying higher-ranked players to lose/backing lesser-ranked players to win," the report said.

Haas said the left-hander brings so much more to the team than his performance on the course and said that had been a key factor in his decision to overlook higher-ranked players.