But much worse appeared likely at Flushing Meadows yesterday as he squandered a two-set lead against Jan Vacek, a qualifier from the Czech Republic.
When in April they squandered a two-goal lead to lose 3-2 to Fulham, Thaksin leaked that the Swede would be fired at the end of a season that unravelled into the ruins of an 8-1 humiliation at Middlesbrough. "I have good memories apart from the last three games," Eriksson said.
Jenny Johnson-Jordan and Annett Davis rallied back from early deficits to defeat Cuba's Dalixia Fernandez and Tamara Larrea, 15-9, wHolly McPeakcPeandand Misty May almost squandered a 5-point lead and needed 7 match points to top Daniella Gattelli and Lucilla Perrotta of Italy, 15-13.
The last time Bayern failed to win a competitive game was also in the Champions League last December, when they squandered a 2-0 leandand lost 3-2 at home to Manchester City.
A division title, or at least the wild card, is a must for the Mets so they can shed the hangover caused by their monumental collapse last September, when they squandered a seven-game lead with 17 games to play.
An embarrassing exit at Roma in April, when they squandered a 4-1 first leg lead, was the third successive quarter-final elimination for Lionel Messi and co, and for a club with such lofty aspirations that just isn't good enough - especially with Real enjoying so much success on the continental stage.
In November, the Rangers have squandered a second-period lead three times.
Their only defeat was by 36-31 at home to Iowa State on Sept. 14 after Iowa squandered a halftime lead of 24-7.
Gagne, whose only blown save this season came in the All-Star game, hasn't squandered a lead during the regular season since Aug. 26, 2002.
(Today, with $10 billion a month currently being squandered in Iraq, King's critique of the Vietnam War still resonates).
After winning against a star-studded field in January at Abu Dhabi, Fowler squandered a two-shot lead in Phoenix with a double bogey on the short par-four 17th hole and eventually lost in a playoff.
