Sentence examples for support in the stands from inspiring English sources

In a slow-burning contest with no reliable patterns, Murray now had captured majority support in the stands and seemed to respond to their urgings.

The Italian had considerable support in the stands and that was evident at the FA Cup final at Wembley on Saturday when, amid rumours over his future, his name was chanted regularly.

But if they are to attempt to emulate those heroics, the Greeks will have to do so with far less support in the stands this time.

In what has become a ritual here, the fans began banging their feet on the metal supports in the stands in appreciation of the action.

Djokovic fell to the ground, eyes wide, and was soon embracing Nadal, ripping off his own shirt and howling at his support team in the stands.

A sharp backhand winner created a second break-back point and Murray converted with a blistering forehand, that had both the player and his support team in the stands fist-pumping in unison.

A huge forehand winner brought the Czech a first break in game three, and when she then came through a testing service game with a stunning backhand from out wide, her support team in the stands were on their feet.

On a couple of occasions she glanced to her support team in the stands and complained "I'm not hitting it", but after a magical backhand lob on the first point of game four she grew in confidence.

A heated conversation with the umpire was followed by gestures towards both his support team in the stands, and those of Dimitrov, but he recovered his poise to claim a surprise win.

With her sister Serena supporting her in the stands, Williams had an emphatic start, pounding a 121-mile-per-hour ace on the first point.

Afterwards the left-back, Lampard and Terry peeled away from the squad to applaud the home support in the Matthew Harding stand, with their emotion clear.