But Spanish ace Nadal kept battling and got a lucky break in the fourth game of the decider as his U.S opponent's return hit the net cord and bounced back on his side of the net to fall down a break.
In another twist, the Democrats took a page out of Clinton's book: taking your opponent's ideas and embracing them as your own.
So let's look at a statistic we might call the dominance ratio: the ratio of the winner's percentage of return points won to his opponent's percentage of return points won.
Lately, Mr Lazio's campaign has found the going harder than its opponent's.
One player who certainly has that status at the All England Club is Roger Federer, Roddick's opponent in Sunday's final.
Musharraf's opponent say he's out of touch and has begun making serious mistakes, picking the fight with the chief justice for example.
Bill McCollum, Mr Scott's opponent and Florida's attorney-general, is a drab campaigner who has twice failed to win a seat in the Senate.
Kuerten hit 20 winners to Ivanisevic's 11 and made just 15 unforced errors to his opponent's 24.
Uzbekistan's Tulyaganova failed to make any impact on her American opponent's serve and was clearly out of her depth on a sun-baked court two.
At 30-0 on Williams' serve in the match's final game, it appeared she might have revived her opponent's hopes as she miscued a straightforward smash and netted a forehand.
And given Mr. Obama's history with Jeremiah Wright, the president is ill-equipped to attack his opponent's beliefs.
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Quenneville's system demands that his forwards chase down the puck-carrier to disrupt an opponent's offensive thrust, and the Blackhawks' superior stickhandling skills have helped them create 249 takeaways this season, by far the most in the NHL. Once the Blackhawks do force a turnover, their forwards slingshot themselves back up the ice to attack an opposing defense at full speed.
Hooking an opponent's skate with your stick is now outlawed, as is clutching (grabbing on to your opponent).
And while Sharapova leads the pair's head-to-head record 4-3, Williams is confident she can prevail despite her opponent's impressive start to the tournament.
Docherty's first defence of the Commonwealth super-featherweight title against Abdul Malik Jabir at Glasgow's Bellahouston Sports Centre in November 2003 appeared doomed when the challenger opened up a nasty gash above his opponent's left eye in the opening seconds of the bout.
He blames Congress's opponent, the state's populist chief minister, Mayawati.
"The game was very difficult because of the opponent's league predicament, " coach Jupp Heynckes told reporters.
But the vision they wanted to focus on was not their own, but their opponent's.
That image was as much the creation of her opponent's political campaign as her own.
This involves a delicate dance of jujitsu, or turning your opponent's strength into a weakness.
Nearly all of his commercials lately have been scathing attacks on his opponent's business record.
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When his opponent's campaign team arrived, the intended delivery went straight into the recycling bin.
The powerful Swede finished with 33 aces to his opponent's eight in a 6-3 6-1 6-4 win.
The aim of the game is to get your boules closer to the jack than your opponent's.
This opens up space to throw a straight right to your opponent's head just inside his left arm.
We keep possession more on our opponent's half of the pitch, allowing us to showcase our technical differences.
The world number three then twice broke his opponent's serve in the second set for an ultimately comfortable victory.
Mr. Scemama, an independent stockbroker, criticized his opponent's lack of experience living abroad.
For example, Michael Steele, a Maryland Republican running for the Senate, pre-empted his opponent's attacks with a chatty spot.
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