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open set

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noun

  1. a set which is not a closed set

  2. an interval on the real line excluding its end points, as [0, 1], the set of reals between, but excluding, 0 and 1

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The Pole served to love to open set two, but a pair of baseline errors handed the Czech a break and she consolidated for a 3-1 advantage.

From Barron's

Fox News also used a wide open set for “Shepard Smith Reporting,” when the anchor was still with the network.

From Los Angeles Times

As she sits out the Italian Open to nurse an Achilles’ injury and prepare for the year’s second Grand Slam event, the French Open, set for later this month, Osaka announced that she would be starting a representation agency to take further control of her mounting business portfolio.

From New York Times

Open, set for mid-June in Brookline, Mass. Loy also revealed that Mickelson had requested a release from the PGA Tour to play in a LIV Golf event near London in early June.

From Washington Post

The World No. 1 took to Twitter on Monday to thank his supporters, adding that his hope to be able to participate in the Australian Open set to begin on Jan. 17.

From Fox News