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Niemeier, 25, has a powerful game which lent itself to success on the Wimbledon grass but, after a strong start against Raducanu, her service game disintegrated and confidence seemed to sap.

The concession of 42 points is the sort of thing that can sap speed in a defensive line.

Compared to missiles they are much cheaper to build, easier to fire, and designed to sap morale.

In some places, like northeastern Pennsylvania, activist churches now find themselves sapped of influence because of declining rates of worship, including among those who identify as Christian only as matter of ancestral tradition.

Then a hamstring injury late in the 2023 season sapped Marks of his usual burst.