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...second game, she fell behind 6-0 before rallying for three straight points. Yet she ultimately went down 9-3, often swinging her racket in anger at the referee’s calls...
...level than he was at the beginning of the year,” co-captain Dylan Patterson said. “He’s very light on his feet, so his movement is there, but [the question is] ‘Is his head there and is his racket there?’, which...
...just one point in the first two games, but grittily fought back to top fellow freshman Jessica Tory in the final three games to win 0-9, 1-9, 9-4, 9-1, 9-3. Tory, who was visibly frustrated by the comeback effort, cursed loudly and threw her racket in disgust at the conclusion of the match...
...even folks as hardy as these can be pushed only so far. When the Youbao No. 2 Well Company started mining coal beneath their homes and the town school in 1993, they quietly endured the racket of underground dynamite blasts and watched the cracks spread in the walls of their brick houses. By the beginning of last year, however, part of the school had to be demolished because its foundation had become too unstable, and the walls of many houses had split. Finally, the locals determined to speak out, never figuring it would cost some of them their jobs...
...always won matches just because I’m faster and fitter than other people,” Whitman said. “Having an injury like this, playing a long match is a liability, so I need to do more work with my racket and less with my legs...