Word: matching
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...presence was not significant. On the third day of the series the U. S., acquiring the necessary three points, had made sure of retaining it: William Johnston .had beaten René Lacoste, Tilden had beaten Jean Borotra, Vincent Richards and R. Norris Williams had won their doubles match from Henri Cochet and Jacques Brugnon. But a great issue was in the balance, and Tilden, as he put down the towel and prepared to receive Lacoste's service, was quite aware that this issue might be swayed, for good or evil, by the grass-stain on his trousers...
...game has always irritated Tilden. It is a suave game, a soft-spoken game of placements that look easy because the man who reaches for them looks so awkward-of strokes that a hard-hitting player can kill only if he is very careful. Last year Lacoste reached match-point four times before Tilden beat him. The champion was teasing, people said; he gave away points to get an incentive...
...first time in his life he lost a Davis Cup match, for the first time in a blue moon the metaphorical wall toppled over, crushing him. Reaching for one of Lacoste's drives, he had sprained a ligament in his knee. Lacoste took the match...
Johnston and Borotra rounded off the series with a free-hitting match, Johnston gambling all on each drive, Borotra bounding wildly. Johnston...
...what famed tennis match last week was William Tilden beaten...