Sentence examples for ninth slam from inspiring English sources
At 4-2 down it seemed the impossible might happen, and that Agassi would go on to take his third US Open title and ninth slam.
His ninth slam not only puts him seven behind the faltering Federer, but lifts him alongside Fred Perry, Don Budge, Rod Laver, Roy Emerson, Andre Agassi and Federer as owners of all the four slams.
John McEnroe calls it "the changing of the guard" and says if Djokovic wins his ninth slam title on Sunday he has a chance to be considered "an all-time great" alongside Rafael Nadal, whom he demolished in straight sets on Wednesday, and Roger Federer, who lost in the quarters to Stan Wawrinka the same afternoon.
This is her first slam final.
It's sometimes called "the fifth Slam".
The Russians will be competing in their first Slam final.
But it was still a first Slam quarter-final.
The easiest slam of my career was my first slam.
Exceptional tennis from the Belarussian in her first slam final.
For the third slam of the summer, Federer fell short.
