Sentence examples for had only beaten from inspiring English sources

Tsonga had only beaten Federer once before.

He had only beaten Federer once in their seven previous matches.

The problem has been his résumé: Golovkin is undefeated, but until recently, he had only beaten rather obscure opponents.

He said that Doncaster council set the budget ceiling and that it had only beaten the offer of the previous NHS service provider by a small margin.

He had beaten Murray in straight sets when they met in the last four here three years ago, while the Scot had only beaten one top-10 opponent on clay in his career.

Quins had only beaten their London rivals once in the previous 12 Premiership meetings, here three years ago, and lost the first match between the sides in September 39-0.

Yet Spain have only beaten England once in almost three years.

Since 2010, they have only beaten Dortmund once in eight meetings.

The Cows have only beaten wooden spoon-elect Cronulla on the road in 2014.

Li has only beaten Williams once — in 2008 — and has not taken a set off her since 2009.

World Cup in West Indies Crash out at Super Eights stage having only beaten one Test nation (so far): Bangladesh.