The American saw four set points come and go at 5-4, but refused to concede defeat.
In a see-saw second set, Williams raced into a 3-0 lead but then lost five games in a row to stand on the brink of defeat.
But in a see-saw deciding set, the American finally broke in the seventh game, going on to win her first match since returning to the tour after a knee injury.
Flanker David Wallace put in some big carries to spark some much-needed life into the game, one of which saw him set up winger Scott Deasy for a darting run into the 22.
Trinidad and Tobago's time of 37.62s saw them set a new national record, while Britain, whose line-up included Simeon Williamson, Tyrone Edgar, Marlon Devonish and Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, ran a season's best 38.02 to grab an impressive bronze.
Making only his second start for Pompey, Glen Little was soon marauding down the right wing and his accurate cross saw Traore set up Davis for a low snap-shot on the edge of box, which Villa keeper Brad Friedel gathered well.
Sharapova, though, saw out the set and broke Li in the first game of the second.
Park said he saw Simpson briefly set the golf bag on top of a Los Angeles airport trash can.
But Bartoli evened it up at 4-4 before a further break of service saw Clijsters one set to the good.
We then saw the second set of a, b, c (shown in black) and interestingly, wave c was 161.8% of wave a.
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Wheat, which is on a different growing cycle that corn and soybeans, saw its highs set in February and has been falling since.
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The second set saw Lopez break Nadal's serve in the fifth game but the muscular Mallorcan immediately broke back to level the match at 3-3.
The third set saw both players make mistakes but it was Djokovic who snatched victory - breaking Davydenko at 5-5 and serving out for a dramatic win.
Coquelin's serving was too strong for Cannon in their 2-0 win, the second set saw good attacking play from both teams and at 19-19 Ace Collenette's serving gave Coquelins the victory.
There were ironic cheers for the Spaniard when, in game six, he held serve for the first time in the match, but Murray saw off the set with ease to extend his advantage to two sets.
It was a similar story in the second set as the power of Williams began to wear down her opponent and a break of serve in the opening game of the second set saw her firmly on the way to the last 32.
Nadal regained the dominance on serve he had enjoyed for most of the tournament as he saw out the set until he played a poor game at 2-1 down in the second, a double fault and a backhand error giving Djokovic the break to love.
And while the mind-controlled set we saw last year was certainly cool, it didn't offer much in the way of accuracy.
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The second incident saw the same car set on fire while parked at the same location at about 22:10 on 5 November.
The match went up a level in a dramatic third set that saw Federer stretched as much as we have seen in the last three years at Flushing Meadows.
Wawrinka had also called for the trainer to strap his thigh during a bizarre third set that saw both men appear close to retirement at one stage, but the Swiss proved the stronger in the closing stages.
In a match that lasted an hour and 33 minutes, Clijsters took the first set that saw her take a 2-0 lead before Wozniacki, in her first grand slam final, took the next four games to go 4-2.
Fish won the first set before being pegged back and saw a match point go to waste in the fourth set before Ward took it on a tied-break.
Another error in the fourth game of the third set from Ilhan saw the Turk broken again.
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Comparing these ratings with the original data set, he saw a correlation.
Interestingly, we saw a very similar sentiment set-up in September-October 2009, when we wrote A Gold Mine is a Hole in the Ground with a Liar on Top.
The opening proclamation by the lord mayor also saw the return of a set of scrolls, which have been sent around the world for former residents of the city to sign.
Federer had beaten Falla in straight sets in both of their previous meetings but was almost made to pay for a poor first set, which saw the top seed make a remarkable 21 unforced errors.
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