12 Choose the correct words and write them in
your notebook.
torum
My brother is a tennis player. He has (1)competed
/ concurred in a number of international junior
tournaments, and he's currently the (2) defend
/ defending champion. He (3)won / beat his last
title after a series of spectacular victories. First,
he beat another great player in the quarter-
finals, then another one in the semi-finals,
before he defeated the other (4)finalist / finisher
3:0 in the closing match. When he (5) lifted
7 kept the trophy that time, he was probably the
happiest man in the world. Now he's preparing
for the next (6) round / go of tennis matches,
and I'm already keeping my fingers (7) cross
/ crossed for him!