1.   After that would come the anticipated showdown with Silver Charm in the Santa Anita Handicap.

2.   The anticipated showdown between Skip Away and Silver Charm never materialized.

3.   Their game served as a warm-up to the highly anticipated showdown between two teams expected to contend for the national championship.

4.   Juventus faces defending Serie A champion AS Roma next Saturday in a highly anticipated showdown.

5.   Juventus hosts Roma next Saturday in a highly anticipated showdown.

6.   The anticipated swimming showdown between longtime rivals Popov and Gary Hall fell through when Hall withdrew after being suspended following a positive test for marijuana.

7.   The greatly anticipated showdown at the start with speedsters such as Booklet and Table Limit failed to materialize.

8.   The tournament lost an anticipated showdown between the co-No.

9.   The record-setting Bulls have won the first three games of the Eastern Conference finals and turned the anticipated showdown into a rout.