Semifinal

Definitions

1. A playoff in the round with only four players or teams left, the stage before the final.
2. A competition that narrows a field of contestants (semifinalists) to a set of finalists, for a subsequent final.

Equivalents

Examples

“Roger Federer extended his grasscourt streak to 57 matches with a victory over Marcos Baghdatis and will play⟳ Nicolas Kiefer in the semifinals of the Gerry Weber Open⟳ in Halle, Germany.”

“In the 1991 Wimbledon semifinal between Michael Stich and Stefan Edberg, there was just one service break⟳ in the entire match⟳, and the guy whose serve⟳ was broken, Stich, ended up winning the match⟳!”

“The highly anticipated all-American matchup between Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe — marking the first US Open⟳ semifinals between two US men in nearly 20 years — will cost⟳ you quite a few Honey Deuces to attend⟳.”

“Badosa has the slightly more explosive power, but if Navarro can redirect the pace of Badosa’s shots effectively, she could well be on the way to a first Grand Slam semifinal.”

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