Davenport prevailed in a baseline battle, winning the first tiebreak for the loss of just two points before edging the second 7-5.
Hs patient baseline game helped earn him the first set point at 5-4, only for Gulbis to fire a huge ace out wide.
This is hardly the first time politicians have played the baseline game.
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The cuts, called sequestration in their first year, would lower the baseline for defense spending through 2021 in a manner certain to eventually squeeze defense-industry profits.
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Clijsters immediately lit up the featured night match by winning the first four games with strong play from the baseline.
Ari organized perhaps the most important first step in this reform effort: Seeing the lack of baseline data, he assembled a team of researchers and created and managed a data analysis exercise involving the detailed coding of hundreds of thousands of pieces of data.
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The showboating side of Verdasco reappeared at the worst possible moment as he mishit an overhead from the baseline so badly that it hit the umpire's chair and Federer converted his first break point of the day to level the match.
"It's easy to jump to the conclusion that it's exceptional because it's the first time we've recorded it, but we do need a baseline of how things have been in the past so we do need to be cautious, " said the University of Kansas researcher.
As such, we take the average of the first two full Sunday-to-Saturday weeks in December to establish a baseline.
Monday's encounter began in pulsating fashion, with the first five games taking over half an hour as both men pounded away from the baseline.
She blew an easy overhead to lose the first game of her final set, then swept the last six games thanks to relentless baseline play that wore Cornet down.
The Great Britain player had a chance of his first break in the match in game six, but Berankis showed good form from the baseline and the chance was gone when Ward put a forehand return wide.
Mr. CULLY STIMSON (Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense): For the first time in DOD history, here we are establishing for all detainees regardless of their legal status a baseline standard of care and treatment.
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