Sentence examples for played efficient from inspiring English sources

But when it mattered they played efficient, hard footy.

Capitalizing on three-of-five break opportunities and five aces, Djokovic played efficient tennis, only losing five points on his serve throughout the entire match, en route to his ATP-leading 66th win of the season.

For while they have emphasized all season that they need to play efficient baseball, that they do not have a roster that can outslug their own mistakes, the numbers show that their defense is simply not holding up very well.

Zabaleta, the 23-year-old Argentine who had upset No. 8 Sébastien Grosjean in the first round, played an efficient match for his 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 victory.

This taxonomy illuminates the similarities and differences among these preconditioners and the central role played by efficient approximation of certain Schur complement operators.

Advantage: Patriots Pick: Patriots 27, Ravens 24 Giants (11-7) @ San Francisco 49ers (14-3) Giants O vs. 49ers D The Giants played an efficient game in their last visit to Candlestick, but their offensive line struggled with the quickness of San Francisco's front seven and Brandon Jacobs and D.J. Ware did not produce much on the ground (an injured Ahmad Bradshaw did not play).

We played some efficient rugby and the most pleasing thing was that we only gave away two tries.

"We played very efficient in the first set, but Fountain Valley did a good job of staying in the match, and pushed us to the finish in both the second and third sets.

So when Annapolis played an efficient first half in Wednesday's Class 4A-3A East Region championship game, taking a two-goal lead late in the first half, the Falcons had some unfamiliar adversity to contend with.

The EUS-FNA has played an efficient role for the tissue diagnosis of pancreatic cancer [ 32].

This past offseason, Nadal, at 32, retooled his strokes and tactics again — this time with the goal of playing more efficient, effective tennis on hard courts, the surface that has exacted the harshest toll on his knees over a 19-year pro career.