How To Use Grand slam In A Sentence
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From there the year had its high points - two Masters Series titles in Miami and Rome helped with that - but the Grand Slam events continued to pose a problem.
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Henin derailed an all-Williams showdown by dismissing Serena in the quarterfinals for the third consecutive time at a Grand Slam.
Russians, ex-champs spice women's semis
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He is a green jacket away from being only the sixth man in history to complete the career grand slam.
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This is probably the biggest match of the season next to the final of a grand slam.
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David Whitehead, director of International 35s, a tennis circuit for ex-Grand Slam and Wimbledon players, organizes tailor-made tournaments.
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At all of the Grand Slam tournaments, our sponsors load us each up with 2 full duffle bags of the latest gear.
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Becker is playing only selected events as he winds up his career and has retired from Grand Slam tournament play.
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The 16-time grand slam champion faces yet more uphill climb as he takes aim at the next step on the title ladder, the 77 trophies of John McEnroe.
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Happy Birthday: 5-time Grand Slam winner in singles, Martina Hingis.
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What about the failure of England to finish off the Grand Slam over the past couple of seasons when they were stopped on the final day by unfancied Welsh and Scottish teams?
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Wimbledon doubled the number of seeded players this year to 32 men and 32 women, a change adopted by all four Grand Slam tournaments to protect star players from tough early match-ups.
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He is a green jacket away from being only the sixth man in history to complete the career grand slam.
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Since then he has known both glory and disaster, but yesterday as the Tour entered the Alps he managed the grand slam: the sixth stage win of his career, the maillot jaune and the polka-dot King of the Mountains jersey.
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Williams, bidding for her fifth Grand Slam title and her first since 2001, overcame five set points in the tiebreaker.
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Graf was having the year of her career and was on the way to four Grand Slam victories and Olympic gold.
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Wales won the Grand Slam.
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Yet what would the English give for France's record now of three Grand Slams in the last six years?
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His rise to prominence, culminating at this year's French Open where he reached his first Grand Slam semifinal, has been a hard slog.
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New Zealand completed a grand slam of victories over the home unions four months ago.
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With Venus and Serena Williams set to meet for the seventh time in a Grand Slam final at Wimbledon on Saturday, the spotlight is as much on ...
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Andre Agassi raised the stakes in the men's game at the Australian Open when he displayed a mental and physical toughness to win his sixth Grand Slam title.
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He is a green jacket away from being only the sixth man in history to complete the career grand slam.
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But a seismic shift took place in men's tennis when Rafael Nadal capped a stirring fortnight by holding off Roger Federer 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 6-2 to win the Australian Open — the Spaniard's first Grand Slam on a hardcourt.
Once in running for best ever, now Federer can't beat Nadal
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It's my first Grand Slam and I was hoping to make a good impression.
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She is loving every minute of being back on court and she cannot get enough of the buzz of being at a grand slam.
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An awful double fault from Li early in the second let the Russian back in but the three-times grand slam champion wasted the advantage when she committed the same error for 4-4.
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I stopped following the lions after Woodwards outrageous selections for the New Zealand tour last time (20 million Englishman in a 40 odd man squad when they had finished in 4th or 5th in the 6 nations and wales had won the Grand Slam (waled had about 6 players)).
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Only the other week you had a former Grand Slam captain saying we should be semi-pro.
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He is a green jacket away from being only the sixth man in history to complete the career grand slam.
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But there was a certain inevitability about our second Grand Slam.
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And worryingly for their rivals, not only have New Zealand coasted to the second grand slam but they have also developed an international squad of remarkable depth in the process.
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He also liked the bookmaker's odds of 7/2 for nobody to win a Grand Slam this time around.
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Arthur Ashe was also the first African-American to win the men's singles competition at a Grand Slam event.
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It was my first semifinal in a Grand Slam.
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It is the one Grand Slam she has not won and, provided she can regain enough puff, she wants to have a crack at redressing that balance.
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He is a green jacket away from being only the sixth man in history to complete the career grand slam.
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He had lost two consecutive sets and looked like losing his fifth grand slam final.
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Palin smacked a grand slam at the convention .. but it was all down hill from there.
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Lacking the grand slam of the GMU's cannon, the Farrago turned to its lesser weapons, gamely firing and firing, weapons crews staying at their stations even though things seemed hopeless.
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New Zealand completed a grand slam of victories over the home unions four months ago.
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The subsequent win turned the season from one of rebuilding to the riches of a grand slam.
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He had lost two consecutive sets and looked like losing his fifth grand slam final.
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Some one up there must have wagered a few bob on them for another Grand Slam.
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To say they are has-beens is cruel, but their recent Grand Slam record speaks for itself.
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The subsequent win turned the season from one of rebuilding to the riches of a grand slam.
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She won three Grand Slam titles.
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Mortimer Barrett captured three of the four Grand Slam singles championships.
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In the cool light of day, as he ate some pastry and doodled on a pad, del Potro was just a fresh-faced 20-year-old making sense of his first Grand Slam title.
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This is probably the biggest match of the season next to the final of a grand slam.
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He had lost two consecutive sets and looked like losing his fifth grand slam final.
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It was the second straight shellacking Pierce has taken in a Grand Slam final.
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That haul, which remains a record for both men and women, included a Grand Slam in 1970.
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If he wins today, he's on course for the Grand Slam.
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IT'S another grand slam footballing weekend when four tribes go to war.
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This is probably the biggest match of the season next to the final of a grand slam.
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At the same time, Agassi said, Federer's consistency across all surfaces — his 20 consecutive appearances in Grand Slam finals is twice as long as the second best — and his Slam mark are unmatched.
Let the debate begin: Is Federer now the greatest of all time?
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It's my first Grand Slam and I was hoping to make a good impression.
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Federer moved into the fourth round for the 30th consecutive Grand Slam tournament by overcoming what he called "tricky wind" and a second-set blip to defeat No. 27 Marin Cilic of Croatia 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.
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Federer's record 48th consecutive win on grass and eighth Grand Slam title bolstered his claim as one of the sport's all-time greats.
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This record allowed New Zealand to win the Tri-Nations, retain the Bledisloe Cup, whitewash the British and Irish Lions, and gain their ‘Grand Slam’.
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He has announced his retirement from Grand Slam tournaments.
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Hopefully by then he will have a third Grand Slam trophy in the locker.
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The glow of grand slam success is still keeping Pete Sampras warm but impending fatherhood and the successful realization of one final dream could prove to be enough to nudge him into retirement.
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We constantly overachieve, and the fact that we've won two Grand Slams in living memory isn't indicative of the strength in our game, but of the wonderful job our national coaches have done.
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Every now and again - usually these days in grand slam finals - they get the chance to vent their spleen and lay into each other in public.
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Andrews, the first leg of his grand slam.
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It was my first semifinal in a Grand Slam.
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Five no-trump announced that all four aces and the king-queen of hearts were held and expressed interest in a grand slam. Six hearts denied a side-suit king.
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He had lost two consecutive sets and looked like losing his fifth grand slam final.
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At Miami, Carlos Delgado hit a pinch-hit grand slam to cap a six-run fifth inning for Florida to salvage a split in the four-game series.
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He is now 11 shots behind Els and admits his dream of an unprecedented grand slam is all but over.
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She won three Grand Slam titles.
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The new formula will be adopted by all four Grand Slam tournaments - Wimbledon, the US, the French and the Australian Opens.
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Nadal's victory earned him an eighth career major, elevating the Spaniard to equal-seventh on the all-time grand slam title leaderboard with legends Andre Agassi, Jimmy Connors, Ken
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In her first grand slam event since Paris she ran into the resurgent Polish-born German Lisicki, whose blasting serve unsettled China's new star, who was adjudged by some commentators to be still weary from her efforts in France.
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West led a quiet king of clubs and the grand slam was one down.
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Czech teen Vaidisova is looking for her first Grand Slam title.
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Federer was at his best Wednesday in mowing down Mario Ancic of Croatia 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to avenge his only loss on grass in the last four years and advance to the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament for the ninth consecutive time.
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Graf concluded her Grand Slam tennis season by winning Olympic gold.
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I remember the Grand Slam year of 1990 with particular affection, all my schoolmates would re-enact moves from those games when we played among ourselves.
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Sky Sports has ditched some of the bombast ahead of the double-header: there's been no talk yet of "Grand Slam Sunday" or the "awesome foursome".
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Have you given any consideration to playing doubles in a Grand Slam?
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The 27-year-old will miss the first grand slam event of 2012, as he struggles to conquer mononucleosis - the virus also known as glandular fever that causes loss of appetite, fatigue and fever.
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New Zealand completed a grand slam of victories over the home unions four months ago.
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Martina Navratilova won four consecutive grand slam events, but not in the same year.
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It marked the first time that a player had been defaulted from a Grand Slam match.
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Watch their declarer play the spots off the cards to make this highly optimistic grand slam from the quarterfinals.
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Safin humbles Sampras in straight sets for 1st Grand Slam title
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Czech teen Vaidisova is looking for her first Grand Slam title.
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I think it's a massive help if you're playing a grand slam game on home soil.
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She hasn't been to the semis for a couple of years in a Grand Slam.
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Grand Slam, Pique, Repiqued and capotted, call it what you will but you have nipped the demon of insurgence and despair in the bud.
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James Bond: Operation Grand Slam, for instance.
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Among those 163 players, Tony Womack is one of 94 who also hit a grand slam out of the park during their big league careers.
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When Roddick mishit a forehand on match point, it capped the longest fifth set, in games, in Grand Slam singles final history.
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Chinese tennis star Li Na became the first person from Asia to win a Grand Slam on Saturday with a stand-out individual performance.
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Winner of nine Grand Slam titles, Seles also won a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympics.
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This is probably the biggest match of the season next to the final of a grand slam.
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His withdrawal from the next two Grand Slams is bound to increase speculation that his illustrious career is now over.
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She lost to Iva Majoli, blowing a chance to take a sweep of all four Grand Slam titles in the same year.
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I think it's a massive help if you're playing a grand slam game on home soil.
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But stringing together seven straight wins, the number it takes for a Grand Slam title, on the rugged hardcourts in sweltering summer heat has made the gangly Kuerten look frail.
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IT'S another grand slam footballing weekend when four tribes go to war.
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Yesterday the world witnessed perhaps the most significant grand slam final in history.
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WIMBLEDON, England With Venus and Serena Williams set to meet for the seventh time in a Grand Slam final at Wimbledon on Saturday, the spotlight is as much on their tennis as their shared DNA.
Williams sisters not distracted by 'family decision' talk
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Today the congregation will regather in St Andrews to acclaim the youngest-ever winner of golf's Grand Slam.
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He had lost two consecutive sets and looked like losing his fifth grand slam final.
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It was his 200th Grand Slam match, but the 31-year-old Australian Open champion said he was still in tip-top shape.
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He reached three more grand slam finals, including the Australian and US Opens, but never tasted victory again on the big stage.
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She had won 17 tournaments worldwide including two Grand Slam events, the 2000 Wimbledon and US Opens.
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Who foresaw in 2011 that Novak Djokovic was going to become a Grand Slam title hoarder with the endurance and big-match confidence of a certain Spanish left-hander from Majorca?
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Gulliver has set herself high standards and will be sure to make a resolute defence of her title and the Grand Slam.
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She had a huge big serve so I thought please double fault so I can win the match, " said the 29-year-old, aiming to become the first Asian to win a Grand Slam singles title.
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New Zealand completed a grand slam of victories over the home unions four months ago.
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Damon, looking fastball all the way, lifted a fly ball that carried into the first row of right-field seats for a back-breaking grand slam.
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Daughter of Princess Anne, and tenth in line to the throne, Phillips would have prevented Funnell from taking the Grand Slam had she not knocked down a fence in the showjumping.
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In a country where tennis is not that popular, a back-to-back Grand Slam final entry of a Chinese player is enough to boost the country and stun the world.
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If football thought that its governance is overly complex which it undoubtedly is, then the internal friction between the players and tournament officials who make up the ATP, the conflicts with the regulating International Tennis Federation and the immutably autonomous grand slams really are the deuce.
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Ben Hogan, one of only four players to win golf's four Grand Slam titles, died at his in home Fort Worth, Texas, on Friday.
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This is probably the biggest match of the season next to the final of a grand slam.
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Making a grand slam the first time you play bridge is simply beginner's luck.
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He is unusual on the tour for going it alone, particularly in the grand slam events.
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But Venus must tighten up her game quickly if she is to maintain her winning run in the grand slams.
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They won the Grand Slam in 1990.
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This is probably the biggest match of the season next to the final of a grand slam.
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Wales won the Grand Slam.
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They won the Grand Slam in 1990.
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Winner of nine Grand Slam titles, Seles also won a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympics.
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Rod Laver is the only male tennis player to win the grand slam and he did it twice.
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Years ago Ireland would have been delighted to be at the stage where they might be going for a Triple Crown, whereas the fact that we are disappointed at the grand slam being a non-event now is a measure of how far the team has come.
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Is it that she simply looks a bit different from most tennis players, exotic for a Grand Slam semifinalist, as she becomes the first Asian to reach a major final four?
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Bryan brothers win Aussie title for seventh Grand Slam crown
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Years ago Ireland would have been delighted to be at the stage where they might be going for a Triple Crown, whereas the fact that we are disappointed at the grand slam being a non-event now is a measure of how far the team has come.
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After Davis had departed, Atlanta's Martin Prado socked a grand slam off LHP Manny Parra to make it 7-0.
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The 22-time Grand Slam singles champion is interrupting her retirement on Tuesday to play with the Houston Wranglers of the World Team Tennis Pro League.
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Gulliver has set herself high standards and will be sure to make a resolute defence of her title and the Grand Slam.
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Arthur Ashe was also the first African-American to win the men's singles competition at a Grand Slam event.
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The Martin rink was preparing to compete on the fledgling professional curling tour at the Grand Slam of Curling.
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Australia's first-round loser Samantha Stosur was guaranteed a career-best top-five ranking despite her worst grand slam result in almost two years, and one of the four players still capable of winning the title declared that she won't win.
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It was Andy's first Grand Slam appearance, Arthur Ashe Stadium was hardly a flicker in some architect's eye, and Blanche Roddick was swiveling her binoculars from the cheap seats in the Louis Armstrong sky to find a birthday boy who never cared to wait his place in line.
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Traditional advice is not to bid grand slams unless you are extremely confident of success.
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West led a quiet king of clubs and the grand slam was one down.
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It may have been her first Grand Slam final but she was there to win - and win she did, with nerveless power.
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The Australian Open champion has won seven Grand Slam titles and is the best returner in the game.
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He has announced his retirement from Grand Slam tournaments.
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Wales were narrowly ahead in a Grand Slam, winner-takes-all brute of a game against France, who were cranking up the pressure through their fearsome pack.
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It looks like retirement for tennis pro Martina Hingis as drug allegations swirl around the five-time Grand Slam champion and Wimbledon winner.
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All of us who have shared the triumphs of Grand Slams and Five Nations' championships had harboured deep inside ourselves the possibly treasonable thought that perhaps we might never exult again.
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Bryan brothers win Aussie title for seventh Grand Slam crown
Bryan brothers win Aussie title for seventh Grand Slam crown
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June 26 Gwynn hits first inside-the- park grand slam in Padre history.
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In 2006, the U. S. Open became the first Grand Slam tournament to use instant replay to challenge line calls. Wimbledon and the Australian Open later followed.
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Played with all four Grand Slam winners " Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus.
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This is probably the biggest match of the season next to the final of a grand slam.
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She had a huge big serve so I thought please double fault so I can win the match, " said the 29-year-old, aiming to become the first Asian to win a Grand Slam singles title.
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Watch their declarer play the spots off the cards to make this highly optimistic grand slam from the quarterfinals.
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In 1956 the tournament was host to the first African-American Grand Slam winner, the American Althea Gibson.
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Tiger Woods poses with wahine hula girls and the winner's trophy after his victory in the 23rd PGA Grand Slam of Golf on Wednesday.
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The victory also vaulted Williams to outright sixth on the all-time grand slam title leaderboard with 13 career majors, the 28-year-old now one clear of her childhood idol
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It's my first Grand Slam and I was hoping to make a good impression.
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Capriati played aggressively from the start of her first grand slam final.
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He also moved into a select group made up only of Fred Perry, Don Budge, Rod Laver, Roy Emerson and Andre Agassi as men who have won all four of the grand slam events.
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Sport Dinara Safina has vowed not to let her desire to win a grand slam singles title overwhelm her if she reaches the final at Wimbledon.
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With a Comcast user interface called Grand Slam, Eliason can enter the phone number to check whether PrinceValiant's modem is functioning, But before the exploration begins, PrinceValiant tweets that his service is working again.
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In 1956 the tournament was host to the first African-American Grand Slam winner, the American Althea Gibson.
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WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Venus and Serena Williams won in contrasting fashion Thursday to set up their fourth all-sister Wimbledon final and eighth meeting in a Grand Slam title match.
Sister act part II: Serena, Venus, set up all-U.S. Wimbledon final
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This is the second tennis game to use the Wii MotionPlus (Grand Slam Tennis is the other), and the early moments with the ultraprecise peripheral can be grueling.
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There were no post-match victory dances or dramatics from the proud father at this Grand Slam.
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Mark: And my ultimate goal is to win the Grand slam.
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To skating fans, seeing a quad is as exciting as a Hail Mary, a walk-off grand slam or a hole in one.
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New Zealand completed a grand slam of victories over the home unions four months ago.
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Against a player for whom the word battler could have been invented - a 28-year-old German who has never won a career singles title and who has never been past the second round of a grand slam tournament - it was only Stosur's ability to take her chances that proved the difference in a tight match.
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Is it that she simply looks a bit different from most tennis players, exotic for a Grand Slam semifinalist, as she becomes the first Asian to reach a major final four?
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Traditional advice is not to bid grand slams unless you are extremely confident of success.
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I had my best results at a grand slam and my best memories stem from Wimbledon.
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Nick Moreno roped a grand slam and Reed Brown hit a solo shot to power an offense that scored in all but one inning before finally being called mercifully in the sixth inning.
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He has announced his retirement from Grand Slam tournaments.
