"defeat" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- This spring, Ivanisevic defeated Becker in an exhibition at Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Edberg, who defeated Becker for the championship last year,has gone through the draw without a murmur and hopes to keep it that way.
- Until he defeated Becker in four sets yesterday, Edberg's record in 1989 finals was a discouraging 1-6, and he had failed in five consecutive finals.
- In winning his 16th match in his last 17 on clay, the Spaniard needed 4 hours 5 minutes to defeat Becker, 5-7, 6-4, 7-6, 7-6.
- Then, in the 1990 final, Edberg defeated Becker with a glorious display of serve-and-volley artistry.
- Edberg defeated Becker in 1988 and 1990.
- There, he played a brand of tennis so inspired that he ripped off his shirt and flung it into the stands after defeating Becker in five sets.
- Lendl defeated Becker in straight sets in a repeat of the 1985 Masters final which took place earlier in the year, in January.
- Gorman pointed out that Agassi's main qualification against Germany was that he had defeated Becker the last three times the players had met.
- In the far-flung tennis tour, Becker and Wilander have not crossed paths since the Swede defeated Becker in the French Open in 1987.
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