Sentence examples for final for three from inspiring English sources

Her best results came at the Australian Open, where she won in 1997, 1998 and 1999, and reached the final for three consecutive years after that.

The only certainty about today's duel is that it will wind its way into the tapestry of the game's history; it being only the second time in the Open era that the same two players have contested the same Grand Slam final for three consecutive years, Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg at Wimbledon 1988-90 being the other occasion.

By 2009 an English side had been in the Champions League final for five years running.

Proposed maps were released last month, but they will not be final for two years.

2009 March - Celtic beat Rangers 2-0 at Hampden in the first Old Firm cup final for six years to lift the Scottish League Cup.

The first Grand Slam final for four and a half years not to feature Nadal or Murray  was the 35th meeting between Djokovic and Federer.

And being drawn against the Blades in next month's two-legged semi-final will increase their expectations of Spurs reaching a first final for six years.

"It's unbelievable, something I never thought I'd do again," added Murphy as he looked ahead to his first World Championship final for six years.

The case for Wozniacki heading into the final centred around the Dane's improved form this summer, which saw her push Williams to three sets twice before reaching her first Grand Slam final for five years.

This includes playing French Open and Wimbledon finals for three consecutive years (2006 08), culminating in what is widely considered the greatest match in tennis history at Wimbledon 2008.

But the council did not release the final list for three more days, at midnight.