The super-fit Courier was a constant thorn in his side, pressing the irritation home when he would go jogging after beating Agassi in hard-fought sets.
The stock of CONMED took a hard beating earlier this month, after the company took a significant cut to fourth-quarter and 2009 sales and earnings guidance, due to a stronger dollar and reductions in hospital spending.
Sixth seed Roddick, who lost the 2004 and 2005 finals to Federer, was pushed hard before beating Jurgen Melzer 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (7-2) 4-6 6-3 after almost three hours on court.
But, with pessimism being so thick you can cut it with a plasma torch, the rest of the market beating expectations is not a hard thing to do.
Serena had made hard work of beating another Russian, Vera Dushevina, in a three-set opener on Monday, but appeared in command against world number 18 Petrova as she won the first set.
Meanwhile, U.S. men remained undefeated in volleyball of the hard-floor variety, beating Russia in five intense sets for a spot in the final.
In my opinion, the U.S. financial sector has been given a beating of our lifetime, and it is hard to imagine anything more crippling than what the sector has already gone through.
Jurgen Melzer reached the final of the Memphis hard-court event on Saturday, beating Czech third seed Radek Stepanek 6-4 3-6 6-3.
But beating 4% over the next 25 years should not be too hard.
One of three people accused of beating a man to death told a jury he did not realise how hard he was striking him.
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It's going to be hard to unseat Erbitux, because getting approved for cancer will mean beating it in a clinical trial.
The defeat will be hard to take for Gary Brabin's Cambridge side, who had a chance of beating the Brewers to the title on the last day.
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