The American skaters performed admirably: Chen finished fifth; Vincent Zhou, of California, finished sixth; Rippon finished tenth.
In the Rose Adagio she held her attitude poses admirably, finishing with a striking unsupported balance.
Dimitrov competed admirably, and though Monfils finished the match in straight sets, nary a game of his 7-6(4), 6-4, 6-4 victory went by without drama.
He finished well down in the scratch, but performed admirably in a hard-fought points race.
Graeme Swann took 2-69 from 27 overs as he found a nice rhythm while Jonny Bairstow, deputising for injured wicketkeeper Matt Prior, finished with seven catches in the match as he performed admirably behind the stumps - defying his critics with a tidy and energetic performance.
And Alex Olson's "Weaver" echoes much of all this with admirably relaxed simplicity: thicker white over thinner black on white, finished with some languid scratched lines, looping back and forth.
Heart performed admirably in Melbourne, however away from AAMI Park they failed to inspire, and after losing their last five matches they finished second-last.
Groth turned his right ankle at the start of Murray's final service game but admirably chose to finish the fight.
Ricciardo has pushed admirably, aggressively, but Rosberg's team-'mate' Hamilton holds off the Red Bull to finish second.
Drives, like his long one on the fourth, bounced into bunkers, and though Lewis limited the damage admirably most of the way, he slipped from the leader board on the final two holes, bogeying Nos. 17 and 18 to finish with a 74 that left him looking glum at one under.
Alan Devonshire's side were defending admirably and scored a third goal against the run of play in the second half when Isaac was left one-on-one with home defender Steve McNulty and kept his cool to finish well.
