match point

Example Sentences

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A break in the fifth game still proved enough for the four-time Grand Slam champion, although he needed five match points to close it out.

From Barron's

Jannik Sinner misses match points to Carlos Alcaraz at the French Open and only needs to wait a few weeks to take his revenge at Wimbledon.

From The Wall Street Journal

And after missing her first two match points at 5-3, the Briton saved two break-back points and served out the win at the third time of asking.

From BBC

"Without my aces I probably would not have won today," said Zverev, who sent down 24 aces and made only one double fault, on a match point.

From Barron's

“In every match,” he liked to tell his coach at USC, “I’m always going to save one set point and I’m always going to save one match point.”

From The Wall Street Journal