"You couldn't skid her," he said.
Petrova converted the break point after a lengthy rally; Radwanska, normally composed, angrily whacked her racket against the court after Petrova's backhand winner skidded past her.
In a rush to get her children off to school this fall, Shirley Young of Los Angeles slipped down her carpeted stairs, skidding on her tailbone the last five steps.
"She's getting away," Beatrice finally says and skids on her heels down to where her brother is standing.
The characters: a divorced, alcoholic American on the skids, her shy and skinny 8-year-old daughter and a young soldier, a cousin sent to save the child from destitution.
Chow lost her footing on her landing, skidded off and banged the right side of her face on the beam, leaving a dark red welt.
Jankovic's speed, once her primary weapon, was greatly diminished during much of her skid, forcing her into an ill-advised attacking strategy that rarely paid dividends.
Then came a freak accident: she was running along the trails when a joyrider, going too fast, skidded down near her, sending a sharp stone flying into a knee.
It came down over her head, glanced off her glove, skidded by the post, and went into the back of the net.
