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Record 1 2014-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A series of matches that make up a single unit of competition of a professional tour event. The basic form of competition. The most common is a single-elimination tournament with a minimum of eight entries. Departure of losers cuts the field in half at each round as a tournament narrows to two entries in the final.

CONT

... he should have control over his upcoming travel schedule because approximately 400 of his 700 or so ranking points don’t come off the computer until the tournaments in Tokyo and Beijing roll around again this fall.

CONT

At a big tennis tournament, the best competitors spend lots of time scouting each other.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

C'est une Katerina Maleeva impeccable dans sa technique et dont la concentration n'a connu aucune baisse de régime qui a ravi les honneurs du tournoi.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
CONT

[...] los tenistas se casan muy jóvenes y siempre están en torneos.

CONT

Estos jugadores son verdaderamente artistas, ya que elaboran la jugada [...] Una de sus armas principales suelen ser la dejada, el lob liftado y los passing-shots, que dominan a la perfección. Son los que hacen disfrutar al público en un torneo.

PHR

torneo femenino, de Hamburgo, de Roma

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Record 2 2012-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

... he should have control over his upcoming travel schedule because approximately 400 of his 700 or so ranking points don’t come off the computer until the tournaments in Tokyo and Beijing roll around again this fall... The ongoing quest for precious ranking points means [his] life is a never-ending odyssey at the moment.

PHR

ATP, WTA ranking points.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

Les points accordés aux joueurs sont fonction de la ronde qu'ils atteignent à chacune des quatre compétitions.

CONT

Les bourses de 37 750$ et les précieux points ATP expliquent cet engouement pour le Circuit satellite canadien.

PHR

Distribution des points.

Spanish

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