break point
noun
: a situation in tennis in which the receiving player can win the game by scoring the next point
also
: the point so scored
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But a break point — and a set point — never arrived.
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Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025
The action in the third set was tight and tense, without so much as a single break point until its final game, when Keys came through with one last forehand winner.
—Howard Fendrich, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Gauff then engineered a break point of her own in the next game.
—Issy Ronald, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
Djokovic finally created a break point in Opelka’s second service game of the second set, but the latter snuffed it out with a rapid serve out wide and won the game with a thumped pass that Djokovic could only volley wide.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
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Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025
The action in the third set was tight and tense, without so much as a single break point until its final game, when Keys came through with one last forehand winner.
—Howard Fendrich, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Gauff then engineered a break point of her own in the next game.
—Issy Ronald, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
Djokovic finally created a break point in Opelka’s second service game of the second set, but the latter snuffed it out with a rapid serve out wide and won the game with a thumped pass that Djokovic could only volley wide.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Break point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/break%20point. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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