Sentence examples for first he beat from inspiring English sources

First he beat Sangakkara on length, the batsman pressing, then pushing forward but realising he wasn't forward enough.

First he beat Australia's Hayder Skara 14-0, then he made light work of triple Olympic medallist Steven Lopez (USA), winning 2-9.

First, he beat away an effort from the hard-working Mandzukic before desperately pushing Alaba's fizzing 25-yard free-kick away from danger.

First, he beat the establishment candidate hand-picked by Mitch McConnell.

First he beats the outside edge and then he finds it as Bell gropes forward, but Hayden at slip can't get down fast enough.

With a time of 7.10 seconds, he beat Tony Dees (7.11) in a 55-meter race last month in Johnson City, Tenn.

In the qualifying round for the individual pursuit, he set his second fastest time since his personal best at the Olympics in Athens, with a time of four minutes and 15.976 seconds; he beat Germany's Robert Bartko in the final to win the gold, catching him after 2750 m.

In the first tournament, he beat Jorge Aguilar, and in the second, he did not drop a set in the whole tournament and defeated Thiago Alves in the final, a player ranked more than 400 places higher at the time.

So Torre rooted himself to the bench, sipped green tea from a soda cup and watched Lilly pitch through his fifth-inning trouble and into the sixth inning and the seventh as he beat Cleveland, 6-2.

For Federer it was a 17th grand slam title and his first since he beat Murray in the Australian Open final in 2010.

The nail marks the first time he beat his older brother, Jamie, in a significant tennis match - the under-12s final at Solihull.