Example sentences of "take the first set " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ My mind wandered off at four-love , ’ she admitted after winning nine games in succession from 1–1 to easily take the first set and forge a 4–0 lead in the second . |
2 | In the match of the tournament , Drake took the first set 6–3 only to see his advantage melt away as Alger powered his way back into the reckoning with a blistering 6–1 win in the second . |
3 | She took the first set 6-4 but a sideways stretch to make contact with an English passing shot had the Belfast girl in trouble . |
4 | Zara Wolseley took the first set of her Under-18 match with Jo Ward 6-4 but at the end of a hard encounter saw Ward claim the next two sets 6-3 6-2 for victory . |
5 | Limberger had taken the first set 6-4 when Cash , a candidate for Australia 's first-round Davis Cup match against the United States in late March , decided the tendinitis in his knee was too painful to continue . |
6 | Indeed honours were shared all the way to a tie-break in which Adebisi was able to switch up a gear and take a firm hold of the situation , winning 7–2 , to take the first set . |