Sentence examples for into the defending from inspiring English sources

Varvara Lepchenko, playing her first Open as an American after gaining citizenship last year, tried to throw a scare into the defending champion Samantha Stosur of Australia, the No. 9 seed.

But for all their possession, Bilic's plan to stifle Spain was working and as the half wore on mistakes began to creep into the defending champions' normally flawless passing game.

Majri kicked it straight into the defending wall.

A couple of hours earlier, Sharapova, who like Federer walked into Queens as the defending Open champion, had dropped her first set to Radwanska.

In the locker room afterward, Williams bumped into her younger sister, the defending champion and favorite.

Though he comes into the tournament as the defending champion, Rafael Nadal hardly seems like the player to beat.

Venus came into the United States Open the defending champion and the reigning two-time Wimbledon champion, having won two other tour titles this summer.

The final entrant into the match was the defending champion The Undertaker, who was able to eliminate Morrison following a chokeslam after approximately 28 minutes.

Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek put Czech Republic, the defending champions, into the Davis Cup final by beating Argentina's Carlos Berlocq and Horacio Zeballos in doubles on Saturday.

Pavel Datsyuk's late goal gave Russia a 2-1 win over host Germany in Cologne and put Russia, the defending champion, into the world hockey championship final against the Czech Republic, which beat Sweden, 3-2, in a shootout.

But the defense that had forced the defending champions into one of their worst offensive performances of the season stayed strong.