Sentence examples for earning a ranking from inspiring English sources
In 1995, Alejandro Hernández, 17, reached the semifinals of the Wimbledon junior championship and the quarterfinals of the United States Open junior championship, earning a ranking of 10th in the world.
The Tar Heels won the Preseason National Invitation Tournament and started 5-0, earanking ranking in the top 25, but they struggled after May broke a foot and missed the entire conference schedule.
Over the next half-dozen years, Gibson became a fixture on the tennis circuit, playing Wimbledon for the first time in 1951 and earning a ranking as high as No. 7 in the United States.
Compared to other American cities, Atlanta's economy has been disproportionately affected by the 2008 financial crisis and subsequent recession, with the city's economy earning a ranking of 68 among 100 American cities in a September 2014 report due to an elevated unemployment rate, declining real income levels, and a depressed housing market.
Some of the best junior players are in prep schools and are unable to travel to the minimum of four tournaments required to earn a ranking.
Even so, having taken five seasons to earn a ranking of 48 he could have been counted as an underachiever in transforming his talent into results until his three wins here over Chris Small, John Higgins and Steve Davis.
Squash took Pochoda to the Netherlands after college, where she played professionally for more than four years on the women's world tour, earning a world ranking high of 38.
At the end of each episode, the player earns a rank of a bronze, silver, or gold voodoo doll; the rank can be improved by defeating a set number of minions, destroying three robotic toilets or inflicting a minimum number of consecutive hits in combat.
The Mountaineers did not earn a bowl bid, however, despite winning their second consecutive SoCon title and earning a #12 ranking in the AP Poll.
They also commented that earning a high ranking in this mode by doing a good job was effectively the same as Hard mode.
"This place is big time," he said, pulling up a photo of a soup dish that earned a "Hall of Fame" ranking on Bigtime Bites.
