Sentence examples for match started off from inspiring English sources

The match started off at a great pace and both teams maintained that intensity for the rest of the half.

The match started off well for Ziggler which obviously annoyed Henry who decided to hit him with a steel chair and get himself disqualified.

I did not expect three sets and the way the match started off, those long thudding rallies, boom, boom, boom, 30 minutes for the first couple of games, long points, long games.

Munster were without all their current frontline Ireland players as the match started off with rain sheeting down at the Sportsground.

The match started off with Finlay against The Boogeyman while Little Bastard hid under the ring.

The match started off with Cena and Batista, and Batista gained the advantage over Cena.

In the most contested game of the match, Stosur started off best, going on the attack, drilling an unreachable forehand into Stephens's backhand corner.

The match announcer who had started off in such high spirits dutifully did his job, but as each Argentina goal went in he sounded so deflated and in such despair that you feared for him.

Dressed, as ever, in desert robes, they started off matching electric guitars against a hand-drum and hand-claps in songs that sounded slinky, relaxed and rhythmic, with all six band members sharing the vocals.

"I really started off the match sluggishly," she said.

"Laura started off the match so well, going for her shots and serving well," the 24-year-old told BBC Sport.