Examples of double fault in a Sentence
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At 4-2 down early, Gauff won 10 games in a row (helped by nine Dodin double faults) to close it out.
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2024
In a rematch of their U.S. Open final in September, the two reigning hardcourt Grand Slam champions made contrasting starts as Belarusian Sabalenka fired an ace and revved up her forehand to hold before pouncing on two double faults by Gauff to break.
—Reuters, NBC News, 25 Jan. 2024
Despite a nervy double fault and Gauff saving the first match point with a beautiful forehand down the line, Sabalenka stayed calm and finished off the match quickly from there.
—Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
Serving at 5-6, Muchova began the game with a double fault and had to fight off four more match points to stay alive.
—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
Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2024
In a rematch of their U.S. Open final in September, the two reigning hardcourt Grand Slam champions made contrasting starts as Belarusian Sabalenka fired an ace and revved up her forehand to hold before pouncing on two double faults by Gauff to break.
—Reuters, NBC News, 25 Jan. 2024
Despite a nervy double fault and Gauff saving the first match point with a beautiful forehand down the line, Sabalenka stayed calm and finished off the match quickly from there.
—Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
Serving at 5-6, Muchova began the game with a double fault and had to fight off four more match points to stay alive.
—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
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“Double fault.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20fault. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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