number two

Example Sentences

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The world number two eased past the 31st-ranked Czech 6-1, 6-4 to set up a second-round meeting with Alexei Popyrin in Doha, where Carlos Alcaraz is the top seed this week.

From Barron's

"But all in all, some really good stuff this week. Pretty encouraged going into next week for sure," added the world number two.

From Barron's

It has now climbed 42 places over the past week to take the number two slot, with Olivia Dean's The Art of Loving just holding it back from taking the top spot.

From BBC

Goal number two was to distract him enough to avoid pesky questions about where exactly we disappeared to last month.

From Literature

However, world number two Glasspool and third-ranked Cash came out on top in a cagey tie-break - despite momentarily forgetting the points system.

From BBC