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She defeated Arantxa Parra Santonja in the finals, 6 – 3, 7 – 6 ( 5 ), despite losing a 5 – 1 lead in the second set and having to save three set points down 5 – 6.
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She says that Loki is lying, that he is just looking to blather about misdeeds, and since the gods and goddesses are furious at him, he can expect to go home defeated.
She first defeated an International Master, Dolfi Drimer, at age 10, and a Grandmaster, Vladimir Kovacevic, at age 11.
She became first lady after her husband defeated Democrat Al Gore in the 2000 election.
She defeated Fianna Fáil's Brian Lenihan and Fine Gael's Austin Currie in the 1990 presidential election becoming, as an Independent candidate nominated by the Labour Party, the Workers ' Party and independent senators, the first elected president in the office's history not to have had the support of Fianna Fáil.
" She was escorted into a waiting room, and when granted access to see her husband, he quipped to her, " Honey, I forgot to duck ", borrowing the defeated boxer Jack Dempsey's jest to his wife.
She was defeated and killed by an army commanded by Maurice de Londres of Oystermouth Castle.
She is defeated in the Battle of Watling Street by a Roman wedge formation.
She defeated him the first time they met, after being introduced by a mutual friend, Don MacAskill.
She ruled over Egypt until 274, when she was defeated and taken as a hostage to Rome by Emperor Aurelian.
She defeated Venus and Serena Williams for the first time since 2000, which she said instilled belief in her that she could win more Grand Slam tournaments.
She gave birth on Mount Coatepec, pursued by her children, but the newborn Huitzilpochtli defeated most of his brothers, who became the stars.
She defeated the demon's army, killed the demon, and hence restored peace and order to the world.
She was further said to have made war on the last remaining independent monarch in Asia, king Stabrobates of India, but was defeated and wounded, abdicating in favour of her son Ninyas.
She then met and defeated the world champion Tracy Byrd to become Mexico's first woman world boxing champion.
She tells him that he will not be defeated unless the very trees of Spider's Web forest rise against the castle.
She was defeated by a 3-1 margin in the elections of November 2007 by Philip Fawcett.
She started the year strongly, with six tournament victories heading into the French Open, the highlight being at the tournament in Miami, where she defeated Martina Navratilova in a semifinal and Chris Evert in the final and conceded only 20 games in the seven rounds of the tournament.
She defeated Novotná and Graf to reach the final in Key Biscayne, where she defeated Serena in three sets in the first final on the WTA Tour to be contested by two sisters.
She defeated Hingis in the semifinals and World No. 4 Jennifer Capriati in the final, after saving eight championship points.
She returned in late April on clay in Warsaw, where she defeated former world no.
She then advanced to reach her sixth Wimbledon final, after beating Svetlana Kuznetsova and Ana Ivnovic en route to the final where she defeated 18th seed Marion Bartoli.
She defeated 17th-seeded Francesca Schiavone in the fourth round.
She defeated World No. 9 Agnieszka Radwańska in the quarterfinals and World No. 13 Marion Bartoli in the semifinals to reach her third straight WTA tour final and fourth Sony Ericsson Open final.
She was defeated by Kim Clijsters in the final in just 58 minutes, ending her 15-match winning streak.
She and Arantxa
She upset Arantxa Sánchez Vicario at the Chase Championships by serving her all love games, then helped the United States win the 2000 Fed Cup over Spain.
She came back to beat Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the finals of both the French Open and Wimbledon.
She won her first four matches in Paris without losing a set before losing in the quarterfinals to eighth-seeded and former champion Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in three sets.
She reached the semi-finals in Roland Garros ( lost to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ), and the quarter-finals at Wimbledon ( lost to Novotná ).
She also reached the Australian Open semifinals in 1996, defeating Gabriela Sabatini in the fourth round and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the quarterfinals before losing to Monica Seles 6 – 7, 6 – 1, 7 – 5.
She managed to take a win from Arantxa Parra Santonja at Estoril before getting overpowered by Gisela Dulko.
She compares her style to that of the Spaniard Arantxa Sánchez Vicario – minimizing mistakes, running down every possible ball, and being mentally tough.
She has also recorded wins over other top players such as Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Ana Ivanovic, Lindsay Davenport, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Dinara Safina, Caroline Wozniacki, Petra Kvitova, Sam Stosur and Kim Clijsters.
She lost to Arantxa Rus in the second round.
She and Parra
She revived the Peña ( now known as La Peña de Los Parra ), a community center for the arts and for political activism.
She also recorded a tribute to Chilean poet Violeta Parra in 1971, including what was to become one of Sosa's signature songs, Gracias a la Vida.
She also set aside plans to make an album of songs written by Chileans Victor Jara and Violeta Parra.
She and finals
She reached two more finals during 2002, losing in Moscow to Magdalena Maleeva and in Zürich to Patty Schnyder.
She reached a total of 31 Grand Slam singles finals, third overall behind Evert ( 34 finals ) and Navratilova ( 32 finals ).
She did not win a tournament but consistently reached tournament finals and semifinals, with the highlight being her semifinal loss to Navratilova at the US Open.
She won her 13 Grand Slam doubles titles with her sister Venus Williams and the pair is unbeaten in Grand Slam finals .. Serena Williams is also a two time winner of the WTA Tour Championships
She is also one of only three active WTA players to have made the finals of all four Grand Slams, the other players being her sister Serena Williams and Russian Maria Sharapova.
She won three Tier II events during the North American summer hard court season, defeating Davenport in the final of the tournament in Stanford, California and Monica Seles in the finals of both the tournament in San Diego and the tournament in New Haven, Connecticut.
She is the only player in the open era of the event to have lost four consecutive finals, and the only woman to do so in U. S. championships history.
She had a successful season, making the finals of the World Championships and winning the Osaka GP to retain her Japanese Record set in 2001.
She competed in the Icelandic pre-qualifying for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, with the song " Mynd Af Þér " or " Picture of you " and, in a duo with Magni Ásgeirsson, reached the finals of the Icelandic qualifying for Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song, " Núna veit ég " but did not win.
She won two singles titles during the summer hard court circuit, defeating World No. 1 Monica Seles in a third set tie-breaker in finals of San Diego, and Katerina Maleeva in straight sets in the final of Toronto.
She also lost to Mauresmo in the finals of the Canadian Open, and in the quarterfinals of the U. S. after having served for the match.
She made it to the finals in all three events, but placed no higher than fourth.
She made it to the finals, with her rendition of Moloko's " Sing it back ".
She has helped carry the Criollas to two consecutive finals, where they were upset both times by the Carolina Giants.
She then entered the Pattaya Women's Open Tournament in Bangkok where she reached the finals after a string of good performances.
She lost the finals to Vera Zvonareva 7 – 5, 6 – 1.
She then went to The College of Law, London, where she took her law finals in 1990.
She defeated both Nicole Kriz and Rika Fujiwara to reach the quarter finals where she lost to Aiko Nakamura in straight sets, 6 – 2 6 – 2.
She played for the Minnesota Whitecaps in 2009, and helped lead them to the Clarkson Cup finals.
She is also one of the few finalists of Filipino descent who proceeded to the finals, together with season 3's Camile Velasco, season 7's Ramiele Malubay, season 10's Thia Megia and Jessica Sanchez of season 11.
She became the first Russian woman to win the Kremlin Cup ), and she made the finals in Philadelphia.
She would end up losing in the quarter finals to Polona Hercog 6 – 1, 6 – 2.
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