How to Use tiebreak in a Sentence

tiebreak

noun

• One of the few instances of that came in the first set tiebreak.
  — Steve Bittenbender, The Courier-Journal, 10 May 2018
• Halep won the next game at love, taking them to the tiebreak.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2022
• The two teams split the two sets, and headed to a ten-point tiebreak to decide the match.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2022
• The third seed came close, though, in the opener, as the big-hitting Rublev led the tiebreak 6-3.
  — Ravi Ubha, CNN, 9 Sep. 2020
• Even a split would ensure the two teams could do no worse than a tiebreak.
  — Jeremy Woo, SI.com, 6 Apr. 2018
• Svitolina, though, fought back and got the tiebreak to 5-5.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2021
• The Broncos hold the tiebreak after beating the Browns in Week 9.
  — Joe Nguyen, The Denver Post, 11 Dec. 2019
• Just imagine if Milos breaks early in the third and wins the tiebreak in the fourth.
  — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 10 July 2016
• Entering the tiebreak, Djokovic had a chance to go up two sets to love.
  — Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 16 July 2023
• Sets can be tied at six, which then results in a tiebreak.
  — Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
• Alcaraz won a game that went to deuce five times, sending them to the tiebreak.
  — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2022
• 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
• Even those for whom birdies, bogies and tiebreaks are (sorry) par for the course.
  — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2023
• The lone doubles contest of the day also came down to the super tiebreak.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2021
• The 10-time champion saved four set points in the nail-biting tiebreak.
  — Ravi Ubha, CNN, 29 May 2018
• That would mean that the lower seed would almost always take the pool in a three-way tiebreak.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2022
• The scoring format was 6-game sets with a tiebreak to 7 points at 5-5 and no ad scoring.
  — miamiherald, 18 June 2017
• Among the highlights was beating River Hill in a tiebreak early in the year.
  — Brent Kennedy, baltimoresun.com, 28 July 2021
• In the three tiebreaks, Djokovic didn't make a single unforced error.
  — Ravi Ubha, CNN, 5 Dec. 2019
• In the final tiebreak, Djokovic had a set point three times, but could not deliver.
  — Tom Perrotta, WSJ, 5 June 2018
• After a brutal tiebreak to the finish line, Tomljanović took the first set 7-5.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 2 Sep. 2022
• Djokovic calmly strode to the net when a miss-hit by Federer ended the tiebreak, and the two exchanged pats on the back.
  — Liz Clarke, The Denver Post, 14 July 2019
• The first to seven points is the winner of a tiebreak, but if both players are tied at six, the first to go up by two wins that game.
  — Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
• Marrero saved a match point with a dive volley in the third-set tiebreak, but the pair lost the fourth set quickly, in 27 minutes.
  — Ben Rothenberg, New York Times, 11 July 2018
• Yet, Kim’s opponent Daniel Gilbert rallied to win the first set in a tiebreak (7-4), then walked off with a 6-3 win in Set two to even the match.
  — Lewis Bagley, Indianapolis Star, 13 Oct. 2017
• With no breaks of serve the set went to a tiebreak and the first point immediately drew the mind back to that final 11 years ago.
  — Matias Grez, CNN, 12 July 2019
• Matches were best-of-three sets and sets were shortened to the first to four games, with tiebreaks at three-all and next point wins when games reach deuce.
  — Matias Grez, CNN, 6 May 2020
• Tan held for 6-5, again forcing Williams to hold to extend the match to a 10-point tiebreak, which is new to Wimbledon this year.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 28 June 2022
• The American team needed a decisive tiebreak in four of its five matches this week.
  — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2024
• After blue-balling viewers, the men finally start playing solid tennis during the tiebreak.
  — Tyler Foggatt, The New Yorker, 1 May 2024

Last Updated: 15 Oct 2024