Sentence examples for a quarterfinal in a from inspiring English sources

Lindsay Davenport, the top-seeded women's player, defeated the Czech 15-year-old Nicole Vaidisova, 6-2, 6-4; and eighth-seeded Venus Williams defeated Anna Smashnova of Israel to set up her meeting with Molik, a 23-year-old who has been on a roll in recent months but has still not reached a quarterfinal in a major.

Striker Diego Forlán scored twice as Uruguay knocked host Venezuela out of the Copa América with a 4-1 vintory in a quarterfinal in San Cristobal.

Spain will meet the Netherlands in a quarterfinal in April.

The Spanish were elbowed out by Italy in a quarterfinal in Massachusetts in 1994 and outrun by Nigeria in the group stage in Nantes, France, in 1998.

Haas has scored big wins over No. 1 Djokovic previously, including a Wimbledon quarterfinal in 2009 and a match this year in Miami.

On Tuesday, Borussia Dortmund hosts Ajax in their first Champions League encounter since a fateful quarterfinal in 1996, during a forgotten time when both clubs were considered big players in Europe's premier competition.

And Jan-Michael Gambill, the giddy, effusive American once billed as the next Agassi or Sampras, finally greeted high expectations with a karate-like kick and a pumped fist when he advanced to his first quarterfinal in a Grand Slam event with a 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 upset of ninth-seeded Thomas Enqvist.

Murray faced Verdasco in the second quarterfinal in a rematch of 2009 Australian Open fourth round.

Bjorkman, who will turn 30 in March, has not been in a quarterfinal of a Grand Slam event since the 1998 United States Open.

Creighton will meet Drake (15-16) in a quarterfinal Friday in the conference tournament in St . Louis

Participants are still debating whether somebody on the Argentina side tossed a water bottle spiked with a sleeping potion to Brazil's Branco during a lull in a sultry quarterfinal in Turin during the 1990 World Cup.