Sentence examples for tougher half from inspiring English sources

Venus appears to have drawn the tougher half, with a pair of dangerous Belgians, Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin, lurking.

The women's top seed and defending champion, Serena Williams, will start against Slovakia's Magdalena Rybarikova and looks to have the tougher half of the draw.

I feel like the front nine is the tougher half and this, the 1st and the 7th are the toughest ones where par is very good.

I sawed up a big photo sink and got a lifetime supply of tough half inch thick plastic slabs.

It was also a tough half on the defensive end as the Nets allowed the 76ers to shoot 58.8percentt in the half.

The toughest half of the women's draw includes Li Na, last year's champion; Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams, who could meet in the quarterfinals; the reigning Wimbledon champion, Petra Kvitova; and the former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki.

Griddled octopus, another starter, was half and half — half tough, half tender — and it was questionable whether the additions of fried potato, fennel, chorizo, harissa and aioli were all necessary.

Morley, who along with GB head coach Nikolai Kornieiev is leaving the programme after a disappointing Games, added: "She was in a really tough half of the draw.

With O'Sullivan, Shaun Murphy and John Higgins possible opponents in the semi-finals, Williams added: "It's a tough half of the draw - all the big guns are there.

The Americans have yet to face a tough half-court game or a truly effective zone defense.

The writer and his guide are in a pub in & small town in Guatemala when they meet a group of tough half-breeds called Ladinos.