Examples of double fault in a Sentence
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Serving at 5-6, Muchova began the game with a double fault and had to fight off four more match points to stay alive.
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Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
Sabalenka's third double fault ended the set.
—Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2022
Pliskova's serve had been looking imperious from the start, but a double fault when set point down at 30-40 surprisingly handed Sabalenka the opening set.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 8 July 2021
But Djokovic grabbed a break in the second of Tsitsipas’s service games on a double fault, after Tsitsipas went for too much in an effort to ward off a crushing Djokovic return.
—Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2023
Garcia's sixth and final ace — and tournament-leading 14th — answered a double fault that gave Sakkari another break point.
—Schuyler Dixon, ajc, 7 Nov. 2022
Kasatkina handed Rogers several free passes in the first set, including a double fault that gave Rogers a 6-1 lead in the tiebreak.
—Kikue Higuchi, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Aug. 2022
Gauff lost her serve in a hurry in the opening game with a series of errors and one very edgy double fault.
—New York Times, 4 June 2022
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Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
Sabalenka's third double fault ended the set.
—Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2022
Pliskova's serve had been looking imperious from the start, but a double fault when set point down at 30-40 surprisingly handed Sabalenka the opening set.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 8 July 2021
But Djokovic grabbed a break in the second of Tsitsipas’s service games on a double fault, after Tsitsipas went for too much in an effort to ward off a crushing Djokovic return.
—Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2023
Garcia's sixth and final ace — and tournament-leading 14th — answered a double fault that gave Sakkari another break point.
—Schuyler Dixon, ajc, 7 Nov. 2022
Kasatkina handed Rogers several free passes in the first set, including a double fault that gave Rogers a 6-1 lead in the tiebreak.
—Kikue Higuchi, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Aug. 2022
Gauff lost her serve in a hurry in the opening game with a series of errors and one very edgy double fault.
—New York Times, 4 June 2022
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First Known Use
circa 1909, in the meaning defined above
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“Double fault.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20fault. Accessed 22 Sep. 2023.
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