How to Use unseeded in a Sentence

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• Williams is unseeded and is in the bottom half of the draw with her sister Venus.
  — Helene Elliott, latimes.com, 6 Mar. 2018
• With Kontaveit now out of the way, Williams will face unseeded Ajla Tomljanovic in the third round.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2022
• Williams’s draw here could have been worse: Pliskova is unseeded and has yet to win a French Open match.
  — New York Times, 28 May 2018
• Mertens, unseeded and ranked 37th in the world, is the true Cinderella story of the tourney so far.
  — Corey Seymour, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2018
• Swiatek, an unseeded 19-year-old from Poland, has not had to dig nearly so deep.
  — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2020
• Williams will take the court again, this time to play the unseeded Nina Stojanovic, on Tuesday.
  — Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 9 Feb. 2021
• For the third time in five years, an unseeded player has taken the crown at Roland Garros.
  — Tim O'Donnell, The Week, 12 June 2021
• Thanks to this quirk of the draw at Cincinnati, the unseeded Williams and 10th seed Raducanu will go toe-to-toe for the first—and likely the last—time.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 15 Aug. 2022
• Djokovic pushed back when the 20-year-old unseeded American produced a late stand that got the home crowd into the match.
  — Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2023
• Kei Nishikori lost to unseeded 20-year-old Alex de Minaur earlier in the day.
  — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 30 Aug. 2019
• Anyone who has been watching the unseeded American’s run at the U.S. Open can tell you that.
  — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
• This marks the first time since 1999 when more than one unseeded player barged their way into the semifinals.
  — Sandra Harwitt, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2018
• Her opponent was the unseeded Czech Barbora Strycova, and Strycova didn’t even get a toe in the door.
  — Jason Gay, WSJ, 11 July 2019
• On Thursday, the unseeded Stephens beat Venus Williams in the semifinals to advance to the final matches.
  — Krystin Arneson, Glamour, 9 Sep. 2017
• The Thundering Herd are vying to become the first unseeded team to win the title since Santa Clara in 2006.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 17 May 2021
• But never in the history of any Grand Slam have two unseeded women met for the title.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2021
• Stephens is trying to become just the fourth unseeded woman to advance to the U.S. Open semifinals in the Open era, which began in 1968.
  — USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2017
• The third-seeded Nadal seeks a record 21st major to move one clear of Federer, and next faces unseeded Cameron Norrie.
  — Samuel Petrequin and Jerome Pugmire, Star Tribune, 3 June 2021
• Wozniacki had to save two match points and rally from 1-5 down in the third set in the second round to defeat Jana Fett, an unseeded Croat.
  — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2018
• The matchup worthy of a final came about because both players were unseeded.
  — Steven Wine, Sun-Sentinel.com, 22 Mar. 2018
• Williams fell to the unseeded Harmony Tan in the first round at Wimbledon after not playing for a year.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022
• Ruud won the first round but was upset in the second round by unseeded French player Ugo Humbert.
  — Ellie Beeck, Peoplemag, 13 Jan. 2023
• Chung is one of two unseeded players to advance to this year’s semifinal.
  — Sandra Harwitt, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2018
• When Jelena Ostapenko won the 2017 French Open as an unseeded player, the tennis salon was split.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 10 July 2018
• Kyrgios, 27, was unseeded and playing in his first Grand Slam final.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 10 July 2022
• Thomas finished with a game-high 25 points for the unseeded Pride, who scored five points in the final 24 seconds of regulation to force overtime.
  — oregonlive, 14 Mar. 2023
• Williams only returned to the circuit at Wimbledon after a year away from the court due to injury and promptly fell in the first round to an unseeded 24-year-old.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2022
• In the other quarterfinal from the top half of the draw, the unseeded Tomljanovic will face the top-seeded Ashleigh Barty in an all-Australian matchup.
  — New York Times, 5 July 2021
• Ruud won the first round at Wimbledon but was upset in the second round by unseeded French player Ugo Humbert.
  — Ellie Beeck, Peoplemag, 12 June 2024
• Frankly, the Skippers will have a battle just to get out of the first round against an unseeded Maple Grove team that has high-end players and a number of impressive performances this season.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 21 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Nov 2024