1.   It was not naturally as smart a match as the failed one of the summer, but the reactions were all the same gratifying.

2.   Steven took his son to a cricket match as a birthday treat.

3.   And Pablo Mastroeni survived occasional lapses in his first important international match as a defensive midfielder.

4.   Backlund said he may stage a celebrity wrestling match as a fund-raiser.

5.   Agassi has long regarded Sunday consolation matches as potentially hazardous to his health and ultimately meaningless in the Davis Cup scheme of things, in everything save gate receipts.

6.   Chicago, meanwhile, used this match as a warmup toward defending its MLS Cup title, and the team displayed enough sustained possession and firepower to succeed.

7.   Do as well as I can and win as many matches as possible.

8.   Duval was the leader of the dissent, and even referred to the matches as little more than an exhibition.

9.   Grandmasters saw the match as a mere exhibition, but some acknowledged that the public might have thought that Kasparov had lost the world title.

10.   He is taking that match as inspiration for Monday.