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• n  one of the four competitions in an elimination tournament whose winners go on to play in the semifinals

• Late in her quarterfinal match, foes began charging that the formidable Seles' most effective weapon is not her racquet but her racket: the unnerving grunts and shrieks with which .
• Diego Maradona uses his fist to score a goal against England in the 1986 World Cup quarterfinal in Mexico.
• USA's Dwyane Wade leaps to pass during the Olympic mens basketball quarterfinal game against Austrailia.

News & Articles

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• Softball: Saints' season ends in quarterfinal round
  St. Clair's Bailey Dembinski connects with the bat Tuesday during Division 2 quarterfinal softball action against Livonia Ladywood at Novi High School.
  June 12, 2013 - Times Herald
• Images from Saline softball's 7-3 state quarterfinal loss to Mattawan
  The Saline softball team finished up a record-setting year that included the program's first regional title with a 7-3 Wednesday state quarterfinal loss to Mattawan in East Lansing. Daniel Brenner is a photographer for AnnArbor.com...
  June 11, 2013 - MLive.com
• Softball quarterfinal preview: Concord faces unfamiliar opponent in school's first-ever quarterfinal appearance
  The Concord girls softball team will head to its first quarterfinal game against Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett high school. - (CITIZEN PATRIOT ¥ NICK DENTAMARO)CONCORD, MI – One thing is certain when the Concord and Grosse Pointe Woods...
  June 10, 2013 - The Jackson Citizen Patriot

Quotes

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• Oliver Bierhoff in Independent Online
  It's not the case, Ballack visited the team in Sicily before the tournament and it was always agreed that he would visit for the quarterfinal. It is an unfortunate coincidence that Ballack's departure and Lahm's statement coincided,Bierhoff...
• Roger Federer in Shanghai Daily
  God, I can't wait for Paris and Wimbledon to come around next year again, that's for sure,a downbeat Federer told reporters. "People think quarters is shocking, but people would die to play in quarterfinal stages of grand slams."
• Wesley Sneijder in The Daily Star
  He added: "We're in the last four of the world. To beat Brazil 2-1 in the quarterfinal, you have to be pleased with that. But in the next days, we will have to get our heads in focus again."