Sentence examples for against third seeds from inspiring English sources

They lost against third seeds King and Shvedova.

Venus Williams will play Jelena Ostapenko in the White Group at 12 30 BST on Tuesday, followed by Wimbledon champion Muguruza against third seed Pliskova.

Earlier, second seeds Michael Llodra and Nenad Zimonjic won their Group B doubles match against fifth seeds Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 7-6 (8-6) 6-3.

White and Blair are in action against fourth seeds Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir of Indonesia on Wednesday, whilst men's doubles Adcock and Andrew Ellis face third seeds Biao Chai and Guo Zhendong of China.

The 2006 world men's doubles silver medallist, 33, partners Japan's Shintaro Ikeda for the first time against second seeds Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa, also of Japan.

Serena returned to Centre Court later to claim a sixth Wimbledon women's doubles title with Venus against fifth seeds Timea Babos and Yaroslava Shvedova.

The Western semifinals will pit top-seeded Minnesota against fourth-seeded San Antonio and second-seeded Seattle against third-seeded Phoenix.

The 8 p.m. semifinal will pit seventh-seeded Syracuse, an 84-79 upset winner over second-seeded Notre Dame, against third-seeded Boston College (22-6), wheld held off 11th-seeded Rutgers, 64-49.

The seventh-seeded Cardinal advanced to Friday's semifinals against third-seeded Washington or sixth-seeded Oregon State.

The top-seeded Golden Bears advanced to Saturday's title game against third-seeded Washington or seventh-seeded Stanford.

Today's other first-round matchups will include second-seeded College of the Desert against seventh-seeded San Diego Mesa and Ventura against eighth-seeded Orange Coast Community College.