21.   I got beaten in the first round.

22.   He was floored in the first round of the fight.

23.   Our team was eliminated in the first round.

24.   Before his first round of discussions, Mr Baker sounded an optimistic note.

25.   He was five under par after the first round.

26.   By a tantalising quirk of fate, the pair have been drawn to meet in the first round of the championship.

27.   The first round of multilateral trade talks has lurched between hope and despair.

28.   He was understandably dejected after losing in the first round to an unseeded American.

29.   The team did not advance beyond the first round of the play-offs.