How to Use set point in a Sentence
set point
noun- He won with an ace on set point.
- He won with an ace on his second set point.
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Medvedev won the third and got some cheers for a great shot on set point.
— Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2019 -
The tone of the match, though, was set in the first set, after Zverev saved a set point at 4-5.
— Andrew Dampf, ajc, 20 Nov. 2021 -
At set point for the Huskies, Smithsburg rallied twice to save the point and the set.
— Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 16 Nov. 2019 -
It was set point, and Tiafoe missed a backhand and that was it.
— Wayne Coffey, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2020 -
Nadal saved three break points at 3-0 and served an ace on his first set point.
— Bloomberg.com, 11 Oct. 2020 -
Zverev, who served 21 aces, saved three set points in the first-set tiebreaker.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2019 -
In the second set was the closest of the match 25-20, which the set point was won on a block by Barton.
— Dana Scott, azcentral, 9 Nov. 2019 -
On his third set point in the first set, Nadal banged a service winner to seize the set.
— Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022 -
Her backhand drop shot to earn set points in the first was a classic.
— John Pye, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2024 -
Like Kenin, Muguruza saved set points in the first -- two serving at 6-5 and two more in the tiebreak.
— Ravi Ubha, CNN, 30 Jan. 2020 -
Gauff saved one set point but couldn’t save a second one.
— Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2021 -
Southside, the two-time 6A state runner-up, had set point in each of the first two sets, but couldn't seal the deal.
— Paul Boyd, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2020 -
Djokovic saved three set points in the first set and then was two points from losing the second set.
— Chris Lehourites, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2023 -
Depaula won three straight points to give the Bobcats a one-point lead and a chance for set point.
— Alex Kushel, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Nov. 2021 -
The hosts would convert their second set point, on a kill by Bollinger.
— Matt Szabo, latimes.com, 11 May 2018 -
White Hall fought off a pair of set points but couldn’t avoid going behind 2-1 in the match.
— Tanner Spearman, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2023 -
Kenin even held a set point in that 10th game, only to strike a double fault.
— Ravi Ubha, CNN, 1 Nov. 2019 -
The 10-time champion saved four set points in the nail-biting tiebreak.
— Ravi Ubha, CNN, 29 May 2018 -
The Seawolves trailed at set point before a Johnson kill tied the game at 24-24.
— Alaska Dispatch News, 27 Oct. 2017 -
Sabalenka led 5-2 and missed a set point as Gauff went on a four-game roll to take a 6-5 lead.
— John Pye, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024 -
When Nadal sprayed a forehand wide on double-set point in the third, Fritz seized a two-sets-to-one lead.
— Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 6 July 2022 -
In the final tiebreak, Djokovic had a set point three times, but could not deliver.
— Tom Perrotta, WSJ, 5 June 2018 -
Anderson kept the third set close and twice earned a set point when leading 5-4.
— Tom Perrotta, WSJ, 15 July 2018 -
Lewis added her second block to put Bobcats up set point.
— Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 10 Nov. 2021 -
On set point, Goerges tried a lob and Williams hit an overhead that wasn’t quite good enough to end the exchange.
— Howard Fendrich, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2018 -
Nadal later got a break back to cut Fritz’s lead to 5-3, but Fritz closed him out on his second set point.
— Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2022 -
Williams claimed the first set on a fourth set point in the 12th game when Mladenovic double-faulted.
— Sandra Harwitt, USA TODAY, 6 July 2018 -
But Youzhny got tight while serving to stay in the match and Federer had a set point.
— Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 31 Aug. 2017
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