Sentences with phrase «slam events»

During her tennis career she competed in twenty - two Grand Slam events and notched wins over players who reached number one in the world including Justine Henin, Anastasia Myskina, Dinara Safina, and Aranxta Sanchez - Vicario.

Students also join Greenway in various productions after school, and their weekly Poetry Lounge is one of the most popular slam events in the country.

The basis behind the mode is quite simply to make it to the top of the ranks and win all of the major grand slam events.

With the official Wimbledon licence and stadia for the other three Grand Slam events very nicely replicated, it's clear that EA has put a lot of effort — and money — into this.

A career mode that lets players create a future record breaker by taking them through, yep, all four Grand Slam events — but those looking for more may be disappointed.

The French Open is tactically very different from the other three Grand Slam events and is where tennis gets dirty (and I'm not talking about Anna Kournikova).

Nicklaus, who won three majors after the age of 40, acknowledged that «no one wants to see their records broken,» but has stated often that he expected Woods to overtake him if the winner of 14 Grand Slam events remained fit.

In these Tuesdays with Mickelson, the winner of every major but the U.S. Open (and five grand slam events overall) has long enjoyed prepping PGA Tour newbies for the pressures inside the ropes once the real festivities kick off.

In winning the British — her second major W and fourth overall of the season — Park has now won six of the last 14 grand slam events.

«No way,» the winner of four grand slam events said last week about Day's chances to grab the award.

These Frenchmen had been winning what we now refer to as Grand Slam events, but in «international play,» which mattered more in those days (the Davis Cup finals were roughly equivalent to soccer's World Cup finals today) the U.S. was considered unbeatable.

Serena was upset by Garbine Muguruza at the French Open and was upset by Angelique Kerber in the Australian Open, otherwise she'd also be chasing all four Grand Slam events this year.

The six - time PGA Tour winner has taken all that he's learned from his ups and downs in grand slam events and come up with this week's angle, which is long on strategy even if it means he's shorter off the tee.

Indeed, the 41 - year - old who will make his latest comeback on Thursday after a 10 - month layoff, has never strayed from claiming he can capture four or five more grand slam events.

He wasn't a factor on Sunday at any of the Grand Slam events, and each of their TV ratings was down from 2002.

In the 17 previous instances in which different women won the first three Slam events, this is the first time that none reached the second round at the Open.

Jan 04,2016... French Twist Always thequirkiest of Grand Slam events, Roland Garros could also be this year «sseason...

The ESPN part of the streaming service «will feature about 10,000 sporting events each year» and «have content from the MLB, NHL, MLS, collegiate sports and tennis» Grand Slam events,» which seems to mean that the ESPN app and streaming service you know and love right now is getting a makeover and a shot of energy.

The last of the year's four tennis Grand Slam tournaments crowns its champions this weekend and women's favorite Serena Williams is looking to make history by becoming the first woman to win all four Grand Slam events in the same calendar year since Steffi Graf in 1988.

Democrats in the conference meeting quickly slammed the event, saying the decisions on the tax proposal had already been made.

Jon is the coordinator of Chicago's annual Somm Slam event, a professor of Hospitality Management at Roosevelt University, is the owner and winemaker of Amos Cellars and also writes a blog called Second City Soil to promote the Chicago wine industry.

He notched his most recent W anywhere at the 2013 Bridgestone Invitational and won his last Grand Slam event at the 2008 U.S. Open.

Del Potro won 7 of 10 break points and committed 10 fewer unforced errors than Harrison, a 20 - year - old from Austin, Texas who has never gotten past the second round at a Grand Slam event.

There's also the little matter of getting «match ready» for the final major of the season for the 14 - time major champion who last won a grand slam event in 2008.

The many pros Haney has spoken with don't share gamblers» optimism about Woods» ability to capture that elusive 15th major at the men's first grand slam event of the 2018 season.

Phil Mickelson, who earned his first of three green jackets 10 years ago, had a different take on what a finish without Woods might entail, suggesting that winning a grand slam event without his long - time rival in the field took a bit of the luster off the trophy.

Before a Grand Slam event Agassi now writes down a war plan, a physical and mental schedule that he keeps.

Despite not starting a Grand Slam event since he missed the cut at the 2015 PGA Championship (with MCs at that year's British and U.S. Opens after a T17 at the Masters), one bookmaker has Woods at 5 - 1 to break his majors drought on the 10th anniversary (if not before) of his last major victory: the 2008 U.S. Open.

Even casual fans know that it's now six years and counting since Woods last lifted the trophy in a grand slam event, and if Tiger's will to win has anything to do with his recovery, he'll be back in the hunt as ferocious a competitor as he's ever been and stay there for some time.

He has never made the final of a Grand Slam event.

The 203rd - ranked Ivo Karlovic, a 24 - year - old Croat burdened by a speech impediment and the knowledge that he'd won only four of his 10 career matches on the ATP tour, was playing in his first Grand Slam event.

Before he was wheels up after missing the cut in a second consecutive grand slam event for the first time in his career, Woods urged Day to «go get it done,» the 27 - year - old from Queensland told reporters following a third - round, 5 - under 67.

For Day, who battled a bout of vertigo last month at Chambers Bay, it marked the second straight grand slam event in which he has had a portion of the 54 - hole lead.

During an interview with me on «Capital Tonight» last night, Johnson slammed the event hosted by his Democratic conference colleague, saying Perkins had stacked the deck with charter school opponents.

Pippa attended the annual grand slam event decked out in the brand's vivid sleeveless creation with pleated flared skirt.

A Poetry Slam Cures the Blahs Educator Brenda Dyck reflects on how she uses a poetry - slam event to focus her students.

One very cool feature of this year's Conference is the Pitch Slam event.

The Poipu Bay Golf Course hosted the PGS Grand Slam event for a spectacular 13 consecutive years featuring some of the biggest names to walk its fairways.

Not exact matches

And though we think Markle looked totally appropriate for a sporting event (her beau exhibited the same level of casualness in navy slacks and a black polo), some trolls slammed Markle for wearing tattered clothing on a date with a royal family member.

On Navaratilova - who has called for the Melbourne Park arena to be renamed in honour of Australia's seven - time grand slam singles champion Evonne Goolagong Cawley - Court says she should focus on events closer to the 60 - year - old Czech - American's home.

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Woods, who has not won a grand slam tourney since the 2008 U.S. Open — or a PGA Tour event since 2013 — scuffled out of the gate on Thursday with a 75 on a course that yielded birdies galore to his opponents.

Game 2 of the ALDS, where he didn't believe catcher Gary Sanchez on a play that should have been challenged right after pulling CC Sabathia from his start despite the veteran rolling against Cleveland, and those events leading to a grand slam that allowed the Indians to come back and win, was the most notable recent example.

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(Jimmy Connors is the only American man since then to win three Grand Slam singles events in the same year.)

A Grand Slam singles event winner, Davis Cup captain and TV analyst, Trabert presides over the Tennis Hall of Fame.

In an event seen only in All - Star games, LeBron James drove the lane, flipped the ball off the glass and slammed home two points.

In part because the event will be held in tennis's Cathedral, players are imbuing it with a Grand Slam's prestige.

Serena Williams won her 38th Gland Slam title (includes 16 doubles triumphs) on Saturday by beating Angelique Kerber 7 - 5 6 - 3 in the final of the women's singles event at Wimbledon.

So this may have been just a show of gratitude that he's continued to be a team player and top performer despite not being a staple of the main event scene like 15 - 17 4) GRAND SLAM CHAMP BABY!