After taking the first three games of the match, Schiavone dropped six of the next seven to lose the first set.
Swallows that lose their first clutch usually re-lay, and Dr Safran's birds duly did so.
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He was the only other player in the Open era to lose his first four major finals.
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We're not happy to be here and lose the first game like we did the last two seasons.
The only other team to lose the first five starts made by a reigning Cy Young winner was the 1989 Minnesota Twins.
In fact, many first-run handsets lose money at first without these.
Djokovic, in contrast, looked tired from a long season that saw him fail to defend his Wimbledon title and lose his first French Open final.
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Too often England lose the first Test of an overseas tour, and it was that hopeless batting performance in Jamaica that cost them again this time.
The new insurance law, expected to take effect next month, will force policyholders, who in bankruptcy proceedings take precedence over holders of subordinated debt, to lose out first.
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.
President Aleksander Kwasniewski's nominee, Marek Belka, a former finance minister who was until recently an economic adviser to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, may well lose his first (and more taxing) confidence vote next week.
And they had to come back from two crisis moments to do it, on the third evening in Brisbane when it looked like they would lose the first Test, and then in Perth, where they were heavily beaten.
But they will lose faith in us only if first we lose faith in ourselves.
Missy Franklin, the 17-year-old heir apparent to Phelps, handed the U.S. a lead it would never lose in the first leg, the backstroke.
Mayweather is a wildly polarizing figure and his fans will tune in, as will those looking for Mayweather to lose for the first time.
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Some might decamp from Mexico anyway in 2000, because of political uncertainty: the ruling party could lose for the first time in 71 years.
Rose's only previous appearance in the Match Play saw him lose in the first round to Vijay Singh, but he is confident of progressing further this week.
You know, because when you first lose somebody, everybody's there.
Outplayed on both ends of the ice for long stretches by rebuilding Buffalo, Pittsburgh fell 4-1 on Tuesday night to lose for the first time in more than a month.
The latest BCS standings were released Sunday night and have Notre Dame and Alabama ranked in the top two spots after a turbulent Saturday night of college football that saw the previous top teams, Kansas State and Oregon, both lose for the first time in huge upsets.
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Today I did lose serve for the first time this week, but finals are tough to play.
"Too many women are the first to lose their jobs and the last to get new ones, " said Mrs.
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In an economic downturn, low-skilled migrants may be the first to lose their jobs, but the high-skilled ones should survive, she says.
Are you willing to see a bunch of first responders lose their job because you want to protect some special interest tax loophole?
But if inflation is low, at 2.5% a year, they pay less at first but lose out in the later years of the mortgage.
"Small independents are the first to lose out when prices go up, as they need to put more money into their business, " he said.
If we hit August 2nd without an agreement and for the first time lose our borrowing authority, the impact of that will be felt dramatically, without question.
Zero G Aerospace will lose money on its first load of business cards, but once the rocket proves itself, Gonser and Gorrell hope to become the kings of the space souvenir business.
From what I hear, many firms that are new to the process can easily lose money on their first job or two with the Government before they get the hang of the estimating process.
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