Sentence examples for the opening point from inspiring English sources

— BEN ROTHENBERG Looking at those baselines, not sure it's right to call this final a grass court match — NYT Olympics Live (@LondonLive) 5 Aug 12 With Murray serving first, Federer started strong, opening the match with forehands, pulling Murray from corner to corner to win the opening point.

She double-faulted on the opening point and soon faced two match points.

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

He invokes Hawkeye on the opening point after sending a forehand wide; no joy.

The opening point of Ivanovic's first service game resulted in Williams blasting a backhand return winner down the line.

That might have been in mind when she came forward to win the opening point of the second set.

A ruck offence allowed Chillon to score the opening points with a penalty and he went over for the opening try after holes appeared in the home defence after 28 minutes.

Certainly she reserved her most fluent tennis to date for the opening points of the tie-break, only to miss an open court at set point.

Fofana threatened with his footwork whenever he touched the ball and was again involved for the opening points on 13 minutes.

The visitors were under pressure early on and conceded the opening points of the game but responded to lead 10-3 at half-time in heavy and wet conditions in south-west France.

Sanchez rebounded from that woeful pass — returned by Ansah for a 14-yard touchdown that provided the opening points in the Jets' 26-17 loss at Ford Field — to finish with a statistical line that was respectable, if not impressive: 10 of 13 passing for 125 yards.