But Safin did not have to stretch himself much to seal the set, Lopez making a string of unforced errors to lose the tie-break 7-1 and fall 2-1 behind in sets.
The strength of the 2008 junior champion's game is her ball-striking and it came to her aid in game eight as she broke to love with a fizzing return of serve, but Jankovic was climbing all over the Robson second serve and she broke once again to seal the set in 31 minutes.
This time, Murray took his chance, chasing down a drop shot and steering a winner to seal the opening set.
The pair then traded breaks over the next six games but Craybas held in the ninth to seal the first set 6-3.
But the fourth seed's serve became more erratic, making four double faults, and Nadal capitalised with two breaks to seal the first set.
Initially Ferrero looked at ease, taking just 29 minutes to seal the first set and looking on course for a straight sets victory before Lee upped the tempo of his game.
And the way he handles these two interests could help set the seal on the government's future.
Sinfield made no mistake with his kick to set the seal on a thrilling Super League encounter and break Castleford's hearts.
The match finished under the lights just before 2300 local time and set the seal on a triumphant day for Serena.
Middleton's well-taken second-half goal was little more than consolation for Britain and Ribas' late goal set the seal on a dominant Spanish performance.
Sharapova finally steadied herself, however, and broke Mattek for a third time in the final set to seal victory in two hours and three minutes.
It was in December 1979 that the Japanese prime minister, Masayoshi Ohira, paid a historic visit to Beijing to set the seal on wide-ranging plans for Sino-Japanese co-operation.
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But the youngster showed great nerve to tie the set before playing a superb final shot at the end of the second set to seal a stunning win.
Some of them set the seal on their above-average returns for the first nine months of 2012 by unloading their shares in the retailing turnaround stock of the year.
Ennis set the capacity crowd in the Olympic Stadium alight last Saturday as she powered to victory in the heptathlon's final event over 800 meters to set the seal on a dominant performance.
Wilson then broke clear to send the prolific Murphy over for his fourth try to put the seal on victory and set up a meeting with Wigan, who beat Bradford 30-14 in their play-off tie on Friday.
One break was also all that was required in the third set to seal a success that was Britain's first since September 2007 when they beat Croatia, in Tim Henman's final match, to book a place in the World Group.
The European Court of Human Rights' judgement set a legal seal on the numerous hearings in which Christians have tried, and failed, to defend their values against secular ones in British courts.
Britain's comic greats have been given the royal seal of approval with a new set of stamps.
The Scot broke for the fourth time to seal a 24-minute opening set and picked up where he left off at the start of the second.
Canada's Raonic, who claimed his first ATP title at the 2011 tournament, found himself 1-5 down in the second set, but recovered to seal a 6-2 7-6 (9-7) win late into the night.
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It was not enough as Darren Byfield stroked the ball home after being set up by George McCartney to seal the win.
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Krumm, the sixth seed, broke again to take the set and twice more in the second to seal a 6-3 6-3 victory in 63 minutes.
Amber Ludwig, who had the compact, athletic body of a seal, with very small hands and dark, closely set eyes, said she feared Tom was going to return like you hear on the news and open fire.
After taking the first set, the two-time champion blew a 5-2 lead in the second-set tiebreaker before breaking early in the third to seal the match.
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After Seal and George Pla were told the bad news, they immediately set out to challenge the decision.
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Although she was broken in the first game of the final set, she hit back straight away and went on to seal the win.
Asamoah Gyan regained the lead for Sunderland after the break, but the visitors sat back and finally buckled under a barrage of long throws and set-pieces, as two Jermaine Pennant free-kicks set up Huth to score twice in the last seven minutes and seal a remarkable recovery.
The Leamington Spa ace won the opening set 3-1 and the players shared the next four legs before Gulliver hit double five to seal victory.
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