Sentence examples for opening encounter from inspiring English sources

Surely Argentina will demonstrate that the struggle in La Plata was more to do with opening-night nerves, the typical, tight, tied opening encounter we get in many a tournament.

Serena Williams, the reigning United States Open champion, has had more trouble focusing in Melbourne than expected, struggling to win her opening encounter against Amanda Grahame, a lightly regarded Australian.

Australia should take satisfaction from the opening encounter, but they merely won a battle at Brisbane.

He declared that the team had made the country proud in its "dazzling opening encounter" with Mexico, which ended in a 1 1 draw.

A Cooper Cronk field goal with six minutes remaining proved decisive as the Maroons overcame a half-time deficit to win the opening encounter of the 2015 series.

By the time of Henry's third Championship everybody was looking forward to the opening encounter, to Wales against England, Henry against Clive Woodward.

C. C. Sabathia, who did not win a game in May, will face Jon Lester on Friday in a rematch of their opening day encounter.

Salt Lake edged the opening day encounter in LA, no thanks to some interesting refereeing decisions, while LA are, as they say, "free to concentrate on the league", having earned their freedom in rather traumatic fashion in Tijuana earlier this week.

It's been a really absorbing, open encounter; nothing like the dour stalemate many were predicting.

Antifa does not abide by John Milton's dictum that, "in a free and open encounter," truthful ideas will prevail.

PARIS — Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia survived a first-set lapse to defeat Sam Querrey of the United States, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-3 in a first-round French Open encounter that extended Querrey's early-round losses at Roland Garros into a third year.