Sentence examples for secured the opening from inspiring English sources

Mr Erdogan secured the opening of membership talks in October 2005, and they continue, if fitfully.

The brutal forehand that secured the opening point of the next game produced another eruption.

Thornton was broken in the first leg and struggled to recover as the consistent Norris secured the opening set 3-0. Norris took the first game in the second before Thornton finally got on the board, but in the deciding leg it was the world number 49 who prevailed.

With the match only 30 minutes old, Bartoli secured the opening set with Lisicki clearly ill at ease on the same court where she had shown such composure to knock out top seed Serena Williams in the fourth round.

The band eventually secured the opening slot and played a four-song set that impressed Creation founder Alan McGee.

Turkey has reformed itself enough to secure the opening of membership negotiations with the European Union.

He is prepared to make concessions in order to secure the opening of European Union accession talks in June.

The first two matches went to Revenge, with some brutal gun skill from both seasoned veteran Clayster and 18-year-old newcomer Attach securing the opening Hardpoint match.

Federer broke the former world No1 in just his second service game and maintained his composure to secure the opening set, before moving up a gear on his way to taking the second.

Many voters also back Mr Erdogan for securing the opening of EU accession talks in 2005, welcome the country's newly active foreign policy and applaud the party for elbowing the army out of politics, putting an end to another of Turkey's grim traditions: military coups.Yet the election is about a lot more than the economy, the EU, foreign policy or even the army.

That gave Berdych the momentum and he held serve for 6-5 breakingreaking with a huge forehand to secure the opening set.