And then Ball gathers the ball in the box and Cansdell-Sheriff goes in for a challenge.
It would seem that one win begets another, the way a ball gathers momentum as it rolls down a slope, but history tells a different story.
He was playing beautifully; on numerous occasions the Argentinian looked back across the net with something approaching wonder, particularly when Murray unleashed one of his whipping backhands when, without noticeably changing his backswing, the ball gathers immense acceleration.
For others, a reception is almost a three-part act: the player grabs the ball, gathers himself, then begins moving down the field if he has not already been tackled.
He grabbed a pair of golf balls and rolled them on the green of the par-5 9th, delighting in watching the balls gather steam as they fell off the back and into a bunker hidden from view.
George Washington worried that future insurrections similar to Shay's would, "like snow-balls, gather strength as they roll, if there is no opposition in the way to divide and crumble them".
Back on 9, Poulter finds the heart of the green with his tee shot, the ball gathers towards the hole, but he can't pop in the 12-foot birdie putt.
The talented studio behind award-winning adventure Lumino City further cements its reputation for beautiful, stylish games with this digital pinball table in which the ball gathers up paint and streaks it across the board.
Harris English creams a fairway wood into the heart of 5, then watches in impotent horror as the ball gathers speed as it rolls back off the front of the green.
By Blythe Roberson When the king throws a ball to gather all the eligible maidens in the land, Prince Charming is, like, "Uh, a ball full of maidens?
