| The Hopman Cup, a third competition for mixed teams, carries less prestige, but is a popular curtain raiser to the tennis season. |
| Under no conditions can there be commercial exploitation of curtain raiser matches. |
| The vote is also a curtain raiser for next year's presidential election. |
| Last Sunday's Community Shield fixture, the curtain raiser on the English domestic season, pitched together two managers more likely to exchange blows than pleasantries on the Wembley touchline. |
| A French book by an Indian resident, being translated into English, this is but a curtain raiser to the next publication in line. |
| The other two games on the opening day took place at the Suwon Sports Complex, which was brimmed to capacity for Korea Republic's curtain raiser against Peru. |
