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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 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 Novotná
She won the US Open with Czech partner Jana Novotná.
She won the tournament in Leipzig yet again the day before her foot operation, losing only two games to Novotná in the final.
She coached Jana Novotná for 9 years, during which time Novotná won Wimbledon and reached the World No. 2 ranking.
She reached her first final in more than three years at Chicago, defeating Monica Seles ( who shared the number-one rating ) en route, before losing again to Novotná 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 won six women's doubles Grand Slam titles, including the US Open in 1993 ( with Helena Suková ) and Wimbledon in 1995 ( with Jana Novotná ).
She also lost in that year's Chase Championships final to Jana Novotná.
She was also entered in the singles competition ( owing to a withdrawal ), and reached the semifinals, where she was defeated for the bronze medal by Jana Novotná.
She would reach her only Grand Slam singles final at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships, losing to Jana Novotná.
She also was a women's doubles silver medalist at the Olympic Games in 1988 and 1996 ( both times partnering Jana Novotná ).

She and Graf
She had an older brother, Arthur Franz Graf Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau.
She married ( 1 ) Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and then ( 2 ) Elemér Edmund Graf Lónyay de Nagy-Lónya et Vásáros-Namény ( created, in 1917, Prince Lónyay de Nagy-Lónya et Vásáros-Namény ).
She then won her eighth German Open, but there were signs that her form was worsening as she almost lost to Julie Halard in a quarterfinal. Back-to-back losses followed ; Graf lost to Mary Pierce in a French Open semifinal, 6 – 2, 6 – 2, and followed that with a first-round straight-sets loss at Wimbledon to Lori McNeil, her first loss in a first round Grand Slam tournament in ten years.
She made it to the final and took the first set there against Sánchez Vicario — Sanchez Vicario's last victory over Graf.
She had the best win percentage record in 15 years, since Steffi Graf in 1995.
She is one of six women who have won Grand Slam singles titles on clay, grass, and hard courts, with the others being Graf, Navratilova, Evert, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova.
She then reached the fourth round at Wimbledon, losing to Steffi Graf.
She qualified for the WTA Championships, narrowly losing to Graf in the first round in three sets.
She reached the final of the Rogers Cup in Montreal, losing to Graf.
She was christened at Marlborough House on 6 August 1868 by Archibald Campbell Tait, Bishop of London, and her godparents were: her paternal grandmother Queen Victoria ( for whom The Duchess of Cambridge stood proxy ), The Emperor of Russia ( for whom the Russian ambassador Philipp, Graf de Brunnow, stood proxy ), The Tsarevitch of Russia, The Prince Arthur ( her paternal uncle ), Prince Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine ( her father's brother-in-law ), Prince George of Hesse-Cassel ( her mother's great-uncle ), her mother's sister-in-law The Queen of Greece ( for whom The Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz stood proxy ), The Dowager Queen of Denmark, The Dowager Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the Queen's cousin Princess Francis of Teck and Princess Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau.
She reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open ( first time from Japan in over two decades beating Conchita Martinez in the quarter final, lost to Steffi Graf ) and the Virginia Slims Championships ( lost to Sabatini ).
She, and her wrecked sister ships, were still not moved by late for they may be clearly seen in film footage taken from the German airship Graf Zeppelin as she headed towards Los Angeles on her circumnavigation of the globe ; the film footage is used in the documentary film Farewell ( 2009 ).
She conceded just 10 games during her route to the final, which included a 6 – 2, 6 – 2 defeat of World No. 1 Steffi Graf in the semifinals.
She faced Germany's Steffi Graf, who had won the three previous Grand Slam singles events that year and was looking to win a fourth.
She also beat Steffi Graf in a semifinal of the WTA Tour Championships but lost the final to Monica Seles in the event's first-ever five-set final 6 – 4, 5 – 7, 3 – 6, 6 – 4, 6 – 2.
She reached her third Grand Slam singles final at Wimbledon and yet again faced Steffi Graf.
She also reached the quarterfinals of the French Open, losing to Steffi Graf.
She was born at the castle of the Dubský ( Graf von Třebomyslice ) family in Zdislavice near Kroměříž in Moravia, Austrian Empire, the daughter of Count Dubsky.
She won two matches against Sonja Graf for the Women ’ s World Champion title ; (+ 3 − 1
She was part of a large group of successful German players in the 1980s, which also included Steffi Graf, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Sylvia Hanika, and Eva Pfaff.
She reached her first Grand Slam singles final in 1990 at the Australian Open, where she was defeated by Steffi Graf.
She went on to lose the final against Steffi Graf, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.
She defeated French Open champion Monica Seles in the quarterfinals 3 – 6, 6 – 3, 9 – 7 and the defending Wimbledon champion and World No. 1 Steffi Graf in the semifinals 6 – 3, 3 – 6, 6 – 4 to reach her first ( and only ) Grand Slam singles final.
She won the U. S. Women's Chess Championship in 1944 ( scoring 8-0 ), 1948 ( with Karff ), 1955 ( with Nancy Roos ), 1957 ( with Sonja Graf ), 1962, 1965, 1966 ( with Lisa Lane ), 1967, and 1969 ( at age 63 ).

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