Sentence examples for playing a point from inspiring English sources

Serena Williams also advanced to the semifinals without playing a point when the event's defending champion, Amélie Mauresmo, withdrew with a neck injury.

Despite his vaguely Falstaffian proportions, Mr. Whitaker doesn't look like the man he's playing, a point that becomes less crucial as the performance takes root.

Without playing a point against her older sister, Serena Williams gained a spot in Saturday's final of the Tennis Masters Series Indian Wells against Kim Clijsters, the 17-year-old Belgian whose breakthrough against the top-ranked Martina Hingis this afternoon became background scenery to another Williams family drama.

And who, knowing that Wimbledon had built a new retractable roof over Centre Court at great expense, could have imagined that — after six days of play in reliably soggy England — no player would have yet had the honor of playing a point indoors?

Now we have smartphones and tablets, and no matter how cool those early adventure games were, they can't rival the fun, intrigue and drama of playing a point-and-click adventure on a touch screen.

Victoria Azarenka and Vera Zvonareva have not played a point.

He did everything he could to play a point on his terms.

It wasn't until the first point of the 3-0 game that Nadal actually played a point on his terms, forcing a high backhand error from Federer.

Aynaoui, who was preparing to serve, did the same, and the two watched as the youngsters played a point and the crowd roared.

"Then all of a sudden you have to play a point against one of the best players in the world.

If Aaron Rodgers were playing a 13 point lead would feel like a tie for the Cowboys.