Sentences with phrase «first tiebreak»

Shapo lost the first tiebreak 7 - 2, and for the rest of the match vacillated between looking as sharp and aggressive as anyone left in the draw and wavering on big points, failing to use his wingspan and flexibility to take advantage of any openings Carreño - Busta offered.

She even lost the support of a few Republicans, so that her confirmation on Feb. 7 was secured only after Vice President Pence, as presiding officer of the Senate, cast the first tiebreaking vote in U.S. history to confirm a Cabinet nominee.

Not exact matches

Everyone was on the edge of their seat for a first - set tiebreak featuring Pablo Carreño - Busta, the 12th - ranked player in the world who has been steadily rising through the ranks in tennis for the past half - decade.

Gasquet and Murray battled it out for the first set, but Gasquet prevailed with an impressive showing after the tiebreak.

No. 6 seed Jo - Wilfried Tsonga had a bit of a tougher time with Viktor Troicki, but Tsonga was able to win the first set tiebreak and ultimately the match, 7 - 6 (6), 6 - 3.

In most countries there is an assigned procedure for settling a tiebreak situation, they deal with either first - past - the - post systems, an election of multiple people - as is the OP's situation.

She had been confirmed by the Senate earlier that day by the narrowest possible margin, with Vice President Mike Pence casting a tiebreaking vote - the first time that a vice president's tiebreaker was needed to confirm a Cabinet secretary.