It has a history of gaining in strength as a tournament progresses.

As the tournament progressed it became increasingly evident that no timid player was going to stop Graf.

They started off slowly and have picked up momentum as the tournament has progressed.

The prices go up as the tournament progresses.

The midfielder could bring back some of the verve that will be essential to the team as the tournament progresses.

And Sharapova made plenty of them, expending energy she may need as the tournament progresses.

Many entries face unexpected travel delays and arrive to find the tournament already progressed beyond their level of entry.

However, the later matches had more crowds as the tournament progressed with the local organizers easing restrictions.

Hong Kong got better and better as the tournament progressed.

Another element was that as the tournament progressed, the better referees were assigned to important games.