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How to use the word matches in a Sentence? Page #8

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His consistency and drive over the last few years has been incredible. I don't know if that's ever happened before, where someone's pretty much gone over a year consistently reaching the finals of tournaments, in an individual sport, if you have a really bad day, wake up, you feel terrible, you lose at this level. He hasn't had really any of those results or those matches over the last few years. That's very impressive.

Andy Murray

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

He's playing the best tennis of his life, he's played a lot of matches, especially on clay, which is his favorite surface... I'm sure he's going to give it all in the semis.

Novak Djokovic

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

He's a player with great qualities on claycourts. I have the feeling I played three matches against him, i had to come back focused today.

Serbian Djokovic

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The board does not decide (on pay) on the basis of caprice, it is the board acting on your delegated authority that decides who runs the company and the remuneration that matches their efforts and talents.

Carlos Ghosn

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

At the moment I am disappointed, i am completely empty today. I could have played better but she did well. But I had a good week. I reached my limits. At such a level you need the fitness and after seven matches I was missing that today.

Laura Siegemund

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I am disappointed that the matches are over, and also disappointed that I could not end the series on a high note, i think the humans still have a good chance.

Lee Sang-wan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It was a very, very good performance for me and certainly I've played some matches... where I've struggled on return but I think today I was pretty solid.

John Isner

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The problem was that the clinician had to put the data into PhenomeCentral and GeneMatcher and into Decipher in order to find the matches, and this is obviously a waste of clinicians' time. We decided we needed to create a system by which the various matchmakers could talk with each other.

Michael Brudno

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It's a little tough to do an exact extrapolation between what happened in South Carolina and on March 1, these are states that Ted Cruz matches up well in.

Jason Miller

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Eight more countries would be in World Cup fever, it would boost the competition and commercially it means more teams, more matches, more revenue.

Gianni Infantino

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We can note that this perfectly matches ISIS' watchword, which regularly calls for committing terrorist attacks on the French territory, and to precisely slit the throats of the nonbelievers, the beheading also precisely recalls this terrorist organization's modus operandi.

Francois Molins

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I think it wasn't my good day but I give her a lot of credit as she played without fear and hit every ball, she beat me. It's tough but it's only one day, only one match and I have many matches ahead of me.

Simona Halep

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Today, Benzema is no longer eligible for selection, i know you'll say, 'But it's Christmas so it's easy, there are no matches.' There are no matches, but there will be in March.

Noel Le Graet

Found on CNN
8 years ago

People who legally buy content - films, books, football matches, TV series - must be able to carry it with them anywhere they go in Europe.

Andrus Ansip

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The high-ranking FIFA officials are alleged to have taken the money in return for selling marketing rights in connection with football tournaments in Latin America, as well as World Cup qualifying matches, according to the arrest requests, some of the offences were agreed and prepared in the USA. Payments were also processed via U.S. banks.

The FOJ

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Of course it gives you an option to survive the group stage with lost matches but I'm not considering to lose any matches.

Novak Djokovic

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I didn't have a knife, and I didn't have matches for a fire, so I couldn't go and cut a steak off the animal because I had no way to cook it and had no way to cut it.

Reg Foggerdy

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We have decided with my coaching staff to end this cycle and leave this club. It’s the best thing for the club and the squad, we will stay in charge for the last two matches of the local( league) tournament and carry on until the end of the year if we need to qualify for( next year’s) Libertadores.

Edgardo Bauza

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I think we're going to see a lot more of this type of analysis happening, seeing how well food content matches food label. human DNA.

Melinda Wilkins

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The entire Presidents Cup is going to come down to tomorrow's singles matches.

Phil Mickelson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There’s been a real shift in how these hands look. In the past people would strive to cover the hand with a glove that matches the skin tone. There are companies out there that physically sculpts the patient’s hand – an artist will make it look incredibly real, painting in hairs and freckles on the skin. But now, we are getting away from those cosmetics and more into a hi-tech look.

Rob Dodson

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Now I've got the confidence, I've got the matches and I'm actually still feeling really fresh even after this week, everybody knows it's Roger Federer last chance to do well at a slam or win a slam.

Roger Federer

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

To be honest, I believe Nick Kyrgios likes playing on big stages. I would expect Nick Kyrgios to be ready for The Shanghai match. Nick Kyrgios gets fired up for big matches, every match is a new match. Nick Kyrgios's Nick Kyrgios.

Andy Murray

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Everybody wants me and Novak Djokovic to dislike each other and people always try to stir things up between us, it’s impossible to be extremely close when we’re playing in these sorts of matches because it’s so mentally challenging and physically demanding and you need to try to still have that competitive edge as well.

Andy Murray

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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