Defending Champion Serena Williams

1. Jelena Janković survived a straight set win over defending champion Serena Williams, making the semifinals of her 3rd different major. (Web site)
2. In Melbourne, all eyes will be on the newly unretired Justine Henin, last year�s comeback champ, Kim Clijsters, and defending champion Serena Williams.

Top Seed

1. Nine times already did he win in Dortmund, and this year Vladimir Kramnik will be defending his title, again as the top seed. (Web site)
2. The third seeded Russian will meet defending champion Maria Sharapova for a place in the final after the top seed demolished India's Sania Mirza 6-2 6-1. (Web site)
3. Tracey Hallam, the top seed, and Li Li, the defending champion but seeded fourth here, are in the other half of the draw.

Defending Champion Roger Federer

1. Hewitt defeated Andy Roddick to advance to the final of the 2004 Tennis Masters Cup, but was defeated by defending champion Roger Federer.
2. Safin reached the third round at Wimbledon, before falling to the defending champion Roger Federer.
3. Defending champion Roger Federer almost lost in the first round. (Web site)

Four-Time Defending Series Champion

1. Jimmie Johnson, the four-time defending series champion and last week's winner at Bristol, will start third, followed by Greg Biffle and Tony Stewart.
2. Jimmie Johnson, the four-time defending series champion, finished ninth and moved into the points lead, 14 ahead of Greg Biffle after six races. (Web site)
3. It marked the fourth time this season the four-time defending series champion has finished worse than 30th. (Web site)

Two-Time Defending Champion

1. At the French Open, Henin was the two-time defending champion and top seed. (Web site)
2. This Sunday could also be the start of three-in-a-row for Jimmie Johnson, the two-time defending champion. (Web site)
3. In the final, Roddick lost 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 to two-time defending champion and World No.1 Roger Federer.

Four-Time Defending Series Champion Jimmie Johnson

1. He knocked four-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson from the pole.
2. Four-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson dominated the race, leading 56 of the 100 laps, but was knocked from the lead by the quirky format.
3. Tony Stewart was third, followed by points leader Kevin Harvick and four-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson. (Web site)

Defending Series Champ

1. Kenseth, the defending series champ, started the day in eighth place in the standings. (Web site)
2. In addition to Biffle (2002 series champion), Martin Truex Jr., the defending series champ, will try to better his 13th-place finish one year ago. (Web site)
3. Busch, the defending series champ who is not scheduled to run the whole season, took over the Nationwide points lead by 20 over Keselowski.

Defending Series Champion

1. Hornaday, the four-time and defending series champion, is 103 points behind.
2. The pole is the second of the year for the defending series champion, who leads Clint Bowyer by 26 points going into Saturday's United Way 300.
3. The defending series champion was credited with a 35th-place finish, 105 laps behind the winner. (Web site)

Defending Champions

1. Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur were the defending champions, but Stosur chose not to participate, and only Raymond competed that year.
2. The tie ended 5-0 in favor to the defending champions, with Berdych losing to Nadal in the first rubber 7-5, 6-0, 6-2. (Web site)
3. Early Season Recap for UT Tennessee started the season as defending champions of the SEC east division. (Web site)

First Time

1. Ironically, the 2005 race marked the first time the defending series champion has failed to lead a lap. (Web site)
2. For the first time since 1981, the defending race champion driver and team have been split.
3. February 6, 1993 Bowe knocked out former WBA Heavyweight champion Michael Dokes in the first round, defending his title for the first time. (Web site)

Short Program

1. He was just behind the defending champion Plushenko in short program.
2. Two-time defending U.S. Champions Rena Inoue and John Baldwin are in third place after the short program at Skate Canada.

Tuesday

1. But the French Open defending champion, who reached the semifinals by beating Amelie Mauresmo 6-1, 6-2 on Tuesday, acknowledged one fear. (Web site)
2. Defending champion Serena Williams slumped out of the Australian Open in a 6-3, 6-4 quarterfinal loss to third-ranked Jelena Jankovic on Tuesday.
3. His reward is a semi-final against either defending champion Rafael Nadal of British fifth seed Andy Murray, who play later Tuesday. (Web site)

Carl Edwards

1. Carl Edwards is the defending champion of this race.
2. Carl Edwards is the defending race winner.
3. In the end, defending NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson held off Roush Fenway Racing driver, Carl Edwards to capture the win at the Brickyard. (Web site)

Edwards

1. Edwards, the defending series champion, finished second to Kyle Busch at California and gained little ground in the points race. (Web site)
2. Edwards has three victories at Atlanta and is the defending race winner. (Web site)
3. Edwards, the defending series champion, finished 14th.

Giba

1. Brazil took an early lead in the second, defending the Italian spikes which prepared Giba and Andre for counter-attacks.

Beijing

1. The defending world champions came in to Beijing expecting a gold medal, but they fell short to the Chinese and had to accept a silver.
2. The United States, defending Olympic champion, named its team for Beijing.
3. Roddick's next tournament was the 2009 China Open in Beijing where he was the defending champion.

Seventh

1. Four-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson will roll off seventh and four-time champ Jeff Gordon will start eighth.
2. Defending world champion Nicky Hayden of the United States struggled to seventh 0.631 adrift of Edwards.
3. Williams is the defending champion and seventh seeded player at the gradual Wimbledon Championships.

Standings

1. The defending champ is 19th in the standings, already 236 points behind Johnson. (Web site)
2. The four-time defending series champion leads the standings, 108 points ahead of Matt Kenseth. (Web site)
3. The hard luck also dropped him to fourth in the standings, behind the new leader Kenseth, defending Winston Cup champion Tony Stewart and Waltrip. (Web site)

Defending Champion Rafael Nadal

1. Twice defending champion Rafael Nadal, the world number two, was handed a far easier draw for the tournament, which starts at Roland Garros this Sunday.
2. Defending champion Rafael Nadal has prevailed in four sets against German 27th seed Philipp Kohlschreiber to reach the last 16 at the Australian Open.
3. By contrast, defending champion Rafael Nadal and his potential quarterfinal rival Andy Murray each won in straight sets to reach the third round.

Last Year

1. Third on the WSE chart this week is Kyle Busch, the defending race winner from last year, at 8 to 1. (Web site)
2. He says the Rumble is tailor made for someone like him, but since last year he was defending the ECW title he's never been in a Royal Rumble. (Web site)
3. Johnson is a five time Dover winner and is also the defending race champion which he won last year from the pole position. (Web site)

Winner

1. Tony Stewart is the defending winner of the June Pocono race.
2. DEFENDING WINNER: Hornaday comes into MMP as the defending race winner.
3. Kyle Busch is the defending winner; Matt Kenseth claimed the pole last year. (Web site)

Pole

1. Kevin Harvick, the defending race winner, will start on the outside pole, while his teammate, Ron Hornaday, Jr., will roll off third.
2. Mark Martin, who started on the outside pole, finished 16th, and three-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson came in 31st.
3. To get the new season off and running, the two-time defending series champion has added his second Daytona 500 pole.

Liukin

1. Liukin said she's not too concerned with defending her national title.
2. They are, after all, the team with the defending world champion in Memmel and with Liukin, who finished.001 points behind Memmel last year.
3. Liukin still has two events -- her signature uneven bars routine today, and the balance beam, where she is defending world champion, Tuesday. (Web site)

Johnson

1. Johnson, the four-time defending series champion, dominated the race and led 56 of the 100 laps.
2. As the defending series champion, Johnson was guaranteed a starting spot in the race. (Web site)
3. Hamlin led 296 laps and finished runner-up to Johnson here earlier this season, so clearly Hamlin has the tools to upset the three-time defending champion. (Web site)

Fifth

1. American Laura Wilkinson, the defending Olympic champion, finished fifth with 549.72. (Web site)
2. Ted Ligety, the defending Olympic champion in combined, finished fifth.

Bowyer

1. Bowyer, who has been second to Truex since the July race at Daytona, was able to gain 52 points on the defending series champion.
2. Now, Bowyer is looking ahead to the Lipton TEA 250 at Richmond International Raceway where he is the defending race winner. (Web site)
3. Bowyer, who will not be defending his title,led the final 83 laps to post a 1.319 seconds win over Mike Bliss.

Defending Race Winner

1. Busch, the series points leader and defending race winner, had a strong car most of the day but lost his power steering shortly after moving into the lead.
2. Kyle "Les Paul" Busch is the defending race winner and actually swept both road races last year with precision. (Web site)
3. Marcos Ambrose recorded the third-fastest lap and was followed by David Reutimann and Matt Kenseth, the defending race winner.

Bodine

1. Musgrave, the defending series champion, said if the race would have finished under green, he would have teamed up with Bodine to run Martin down. (Web site)
2. Peters passed two-time defending race winner Todd Bodine on the final lap, then edged Bodine at the line for his second career victory.
3. Behind Bodine and Benson in the standings are David Reutimann (-240) and defending series champion Ted Musgrave (-286).

Defending Winner

1. Mark Martin is the defending winner of the O�Reilly 200 and is expected to compete in this year�s race.
2. Jimmie Johnson is the defending winner and polesitter.
3. Clint Bowyer is the defending winner of the May 2 event and hometown favorite Denny Hamlin is the defending pole winner. (Web site)

Harvick

1. Bowyer is the defending winner at Memphis and like Harvick, has two top fives and two top 10s in two races there. (Web site)
2. Harvick is the series� reigning champion but he won�t be defending his title this season. (Web site)
3. Harvick is the defending Daytona 500 champion, but he's just fifth on the BetUS NASCAR odds list at +1100 for this weekend. (Web site)

Quarterfinals

1. The winner of the Murray-Isner match is likely to face defending champion Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals. (Web site)
2. The defending champ has shown some vulnerability by reaching the quarterfinals, dropping a set to both Philipp Kohlschreiber and Ivo Karlovic en route. (Web site)
3. Defending Olympic champions and top-seeded Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen were eliminated in the quarterfinals of women's doubles.

Blake

1. At the U.S. Open, Blake reached the quarterfinals where he lost to top seed and defending champion Roger Federer. (Web site)
2. Blake defeated Tomáš Berdych in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals of 2006 U.S. Open, but lost to first seed and defending champion Roger Federer. (Web site)

Repeat

1. Liukin, the defending Olympic champion, is shooting for a repeat in 2012.
2. Wallace is the defending race winner of the July event at Daytona and has high hopes to repeat this year driving for Evernham Motorsports and Unilever Foods. (Web site)

Agassi

1. But Agassi, who beat defending champion Lleyton Hewitt in the semi-finals, turned the match around by winning the third. (Web site)

Third

1. Tony Stewart, the two-time and defending Cup champion, finished third, and was followed by Kasey Kahne, Mark Martin, Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Web site)
2. Defending world champion Valentino Rossi finished third after winning the race the last seven years in a row. (Web site)
3. Steliana Nistor of Romania was second while Barbosa and Italy�s Vanessa Ferrari, the defending all-around champion, tied for third.

Biffle

1. Biffle is the only winner at California among the defending NASCAR Busch Series champions entered in the event. (Web site)
2. Biffle, the defending race winner, is running a limited schedule for Baker Curb Racing this season.
3. While Biffle is the defending race winner, Edwards is the most recent Nationwide winner at PIR, visiting victory lane there last fall.

Points

1. Kazuyoshi Funaki, the defending Olympic champion from Nagano, was seventh with 245.5 points.
2. The defending series champion leads the standings, 20 points ahead of Brad Keselowski. (Web site)
3. Compatriot Thomas Morgenstern, the defending World Cup champion, got his first podium of the season in second place with 291.7 points from 140.5m and 141m.

Kenseth

1. Four-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson was never in contention to win, but finished ninth and assumed the points lead by 14 over Kenseth. (Web site)
2. Kenseth was the defending champ of the race.
3. Kenseth, the defending 500 winner from Cambridge, placed 11th in the second race. (Web site)

Defeating

1. Results of the battle: The American army entered in the Mexico City after defeating the Mexican soldiers who were defending the causeways. (Web site)

Sharapova

1. In the final, Sharapova upset top seed and defending champion Serena Williams to win her first Grand Slam singles title. (Web site)
2. The 12th seeded Sharapova was the defending champion at the Toray Pan Pacific Open, but fell to Kimiko Date-Krumm of Japan in the first round.
3. Sharapova then played her first summer hardcourt tournament, the Acura Classic in San Diego, California, where she was the defending champion.

Fourth

1. Gordon, the defending champion of this race, is fourth in Driver Rating with a 107.1 and fifth in Average Running Position at 11.582. (Web site)
2. American Laura Wilkinson, the defending champion making a comeback after wrist surgery last year, finished fourth.
3. Mark Martin finished fourth the highest finishing Hendrick Motorsports car and defending race winner David Reutimann was fifth for Michael Waltrip Racing.

Australian

1. Agassi opened 2001 by successfully defending his Australian Open title with a straight-sets final win over Arnaud Clement.
2. While defending champion Nadal has not played since the Australian Open, Baghdatis has won a title in Zagreb and reached the Marseille final. (Web site)
3. If the Australian was to still retain the slim chance he had of defending his MotoGP title, he had to win the race. (Web site)

Losing

1. She then went to Wimbledon as the defending champion, losing in the finals to her sister Serena 7–6(3), 6–2 after crushing world no.
2. At the U.S. Open he reached the quarterfinals, losing to top seed and defending champion Roger Federer. (Web site)
3. At the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California where she was defending champion, Ivanović advanced to the finals before losing to Vera Zvonareva. (Web site)

Second Round

1. It was an all-blue battle between defending champion Rafael Nadal and German Benjamin Becker in the second round of the Sony Ericsson Open.
2. She faced defending champion Serena Williams in the second round and lost 6-0 6-1.
3. Geoff Bodine and Vandergriff were eliminated in the first round while defending race winner Said and Coughlin failed to advance past the second round. (Web site)

Event

1. Third place went to Dave Devilfish Ulliott, second to Scott Fischman (the defending champion), and the winner of the event was Allen Cunningham. (Web site)
2. Wheldon is the two-time defending champion of this race, having joined Hornish Jr as the only multiple winners of this event.
3. Mancuso, the defending Olympic champion in the event, was then brought back up to the top by a snowmobile for another run.

Main Event

1. A crowd of over 78,000 fans witnesses Hogan successfully defending the WWF (WWE) title against Andre the Giant in the main event.

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