Word: match
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...opening tennis match, Eliot downed Lowell...
...When the match began, Phipps spun his serve along the cowshed roof. The ball (about as hard as a baseball with a tennis-ball covering) skidded into a corner and Pierre scooped it out with an underhand chop stroke...
Easy Crown. Phipps had been practicing hard for this match. Though a member of the Racquet Club himself, Phipps couldn't very well enlist the services of Pierre, the club pro. But he had hired Bill ("Blondy") Standing, who was John Hay Whitney's private pro, and practiced on Whitney's private court (which cost $250,000 to build) at Roslyn...
Strong play in the singles division of Saturday's tennis match with Amherst was the deciding factor in the Varsity's 6 to 3 win, its fifth straight victory of the season...
...only singles match that went to three sets was also the only one that went to Amherst. Wightman dropped this with a 6 to 1 loss in the final...