Sentence examples for this major tournament from inspiring English sources

But this major tournament, in light of her troubles, represents a taller mountain to climb.

She showed uncommon poise for a young player who entered this major tournament ranked 54th.

This was a player who earned his way into the quarterfinals of this major tournament by sending away sixth-seeded Tomas Berdych in the previous round in four sets.

With fatherhood on the way for Agassi, and the wear-and-tear that Sampras has experienced, they may never duel like this in a major tournament again.

In the first week, especially, many top players can be viewed close up as they (typically) struggle through an early round match; upsets are common at this, the first major tournament of the year.

This was my first major tournament this year so, hopefully, if I get more active I will see results".

But Clijsters does agree with Evert on one point, that this is her final major tournament.

Nadal had not lost at this stage of a major tournament for seven years.

"This is the first major tournament that I ever won," he said.

Babcock is relatively inexperienced on the international stage; this is his first major tournament as the coach of Canada.

Schiavone, a 29-year-old Italian who had never been this far in a major tournament, was stunned.