The November 1995 election was essentially a tight duel between the anticommunist folk figure, Lech Wałęsa, and the much younger, one-time communist technocrat and SLD leader, Aleksander Kwaśniewski.

American Royale is locked in a tight duel with Turnback the Alarm for the championship of the filly division.

The Phillies got the lead in the top of the eighth when David Cone tired after a tight duel with Steve Ontiveros, who left with a strained elbow in the sixth.

Jarrett and 1960 champion Rex White engaged in a tight duel throughout the summer for top honors.

In one of the tightest duels in the event's history, Toyota's Juha Kankkunen led Lancia's Markku Alén by just two seconds after 33 of the 39 stages.

The ten-shot final became a very tight duel between the two.

Padraig Harrington of Ireland, locked in a tight duel with Retief Goosen of South Africa for the top spot on the European Tour's Order of Merit, was 10 strokes back at 71.

Coming down the stretch in a tight duel with Payne Stewart at this year's Memorial, Azinger seemed unusually calm, marshaling his adrenaline until his sand shot on the 72d hole dropped in for a winning birdie.

Fernandez couldn't afford to press his luck tonight because he found himself in a tight duel with Eric Show, who pitched like a man desperate to win, which he was.

The Red Storm and the Scarlet Knights managed to produce a tight duel befitting interstate rivals.