The phrase "formidable match" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a competition or contest where the participants are evenly matched in skill or ability, making it a challenging and exciting event.
Example: "The championship game was a formidable match, showcasing the talents of both teams."
Alternatives: "challenging contest" or "strong competition".
Combining vaccines with chemotherapy might prove to be a formidable match.
"Between George Elokobi and James Wilson they've been quite formidable". Match ends, Oldham Athletic 0, Gillingham 0. Second Half ends, Oldham Athletic 0, Gillingham 0. Attempt saved.
The organism that causes tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, has proven to be a formidable match for our ability to control disease.
LONDON — Going for broke in the Champions League can inspire an athlete, like Didier Drogba, to the absolute limits of his formidable match-winning powers.
But Nadal is the most formidable of match players, particularly on a surface where Federer's backhand is a little suspect and his serve and forehand have that vital edge of pace negated.
The constant fear was that some of the technical demands of the shorter forms, the extravagances, might not sit kindly with those virtues of self-denial away from the constraints of time, that have made him such a formidable Test match batsman.
Anyway, Djokovic and Federer both have formidable semifinal matches on Saturday, but they both should win, and would therefore meet in the final, on Sunday, where, chances are, you will not see Djokovic reprising his Roger impression.
In the six months since she entered the Senate race, Mrs. Clinton has molded herself into a formidable candidate, matching Mr. Giuliani in the polls even before a combination of health and marital problems put his candidacy in doubt.
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Wrote Kmoch, "The following game, a stunning masterpiece of combination play performed by a boy of 13 against a formidable opponent, matches the finest on record in the history of chess prodigies".
Antonio Gonzalez, the president of Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, said Rubio's sometimes charming personality could make him a tough rival for Clinton in states like Colorado, where she already faces a formidable challenge matching the heavy voter turnout that Obama inspired.
