Even so, he remained theoretically eligible for a wild-card entry that World Triathlon Corp. can award.
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As the Belgian wild-card entry waited to play the next point, Williams, who had already been handed a code violation for racquet abuse, vented her frustration.
Hamlin's finish was just what the team needed as it tries to move up from 31st place when the week began into 20th, where it'd be eligible for a wild card entry into NASCAR's championship chase.
On Wednesday, No. 1-ranked Serena Williams extended her career-high winning streak to 26 matches and improved to 69-3 since a first-round loss at the French Open a year ago by beating French wild-card entry Caroline Garcia 6-1, 6-2.
Williams' absence increases the chances of world No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska making a successful defense of her title, which began with the Pole grinding out a 7-, 6-3 win over Yulia Putintseva, a promising 18-year-old wild card entry from Kazakhstan.
When the third-round draw takes place on November 21, a total of 63 balls - as opposed to the normal 64 - will be included and the final team to be picked out will play at home to the wild-card entry.
She has bounced back from a shock second-round loss to British teenager Laura Robson at January's Australian Open and a surprise defeat by French wild-card entry Kristina Mladenovic at the Paris Open, winning both matches as the Czechs thrashed Australia in the first match of their Fed Cup title defense.
Terence Baker was cross-examined as to how he could be so sure that he had met Jeffrey Archer on Monday September 8th he had no record of a bill, no cheque stub, nor diary entry or credit-card voucher to confirm that he had been at the Caprice that night.
On Saturday evening, I called Delta to make sure they would accept my Nexus card for re-entry into the United States and was told that the requirements showed that a passport was needed.
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He told peers that competitors merely had to "wave their accreditation card in front of the entry officer when they arrive".
Their Privium smart card and retina scan allows Global Entry participants to clear immigration without waiting in long queues.
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Bartoli, who received a wild-card invite after making a late entry, will face former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki in the quarterfinals.
Also, upon gate entry, every Googa Mooga attendee received an informative card notifying them of their presence and location.
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It is surprising that the Directive is not being leveraged more by the established U.S. players because it grants a license and the authority to issue prepaid Mastercard and VISA products directly after attaining card association membership thereby dramatically lowering the barriers to entry.
It is now feasible to equip everyone with a unique "smart card" that tracks where they have been, grants entry to guarded areas and bars them from others.
"Down the road a BCC could become a US VISIT card in which the frequent traveler is quickly identified and allowed entry on dedicated lanes, " he said.
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