Definition of tiebreak
:tiebreaker
- a tennis tiebreak
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Muguruza dominated from there, winning the tiebreak 7-3 to take the match 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(3) and earn her first win against the rising American star.
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Shapovalov come back from down 3-0 in the tiebreak to take the set 7-6 (4) and win the match.
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Graveling won the Blitz Champion title and trophy based on tiebreaks.
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Kotnana won the first set and lost the second, but in a winner-take-all tiebreak in the third, the more experienced player prevailed, 7-5.
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The scoring format was 6-game sets with a tiebreak to 7 points at 5-5 and no ad scoring.
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Although tied with the second place winner, Arden was awarded the seventh place trophy on tiebreaks.
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Even after Olivo blinked -- in the third set tiebreak and serving at 5-3 in the fourth -- Tsonga ultimately couldn't take advantage.
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Konta faltered in the second set and barely forced a tiebreak, where Hsieh reeled off seven straight points.
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First Known Use of tiebreak
1970
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