Sentence examples for contest in the second from inspiring English sources

A shell-shocked Sharapova battled to find a route back into the contest in the second but could not find any fluency as her opponent's greater power and clever angles consistently put her on the back foot.

Li rallied from a set and a break down, breaking Venus's serve to stay in the contest in the second set, on her way to a 2-6, 7-5 (7-4), 7-5 triumph.

Westfield, making its first championship appearance since 1977 when it defeated Barringer by 33-12 in front of 33,000 fans at Giants Stadium, crept back into the contest in the second quarter when Kevin McCormack (49-yard run) and Lamont Turner (8-yard reception) each scored.

Allen levelled a minute before the break as he ran on to a ball over the top from Fra McCaffrey and the Glens took control of the contest in the second period.

He was making me earn my points and I wasn't able to and made a lot of unforced errors in the third set". Hewitt, who last reached the quarter-finals in 2005, produced a more even contest in the second set, breaking to make it 2-1, but could only hold serve twice more as Djokovic took a comfortable advantage.

The Sea Kings (20-6) expect a much closer contest in the second round on Friday, when they play host to Palm Desert (19-5) at 7 p.m.

After Holtby denied Brad Richards, Nicklas Backstrom beat Lundqvist to decide the contest in the fourth round.

Without his efforts, Mr Corbyn might not have got into the contest in the first place.

They claimed Mr Burnham could win the contest in the first round by securing more than 50 per cent of the votes.

The Dons were made to pay for some poor finishing as United won the contest in the first half.

Martin Brodeur then kept the Devils in the contest in the third period long enough for New Jersey to tie the score at 3-3 with 7 45 left in regulation.