Definition of tiebreak
: tiebreaker
- a tennis tiebreak
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Recent Examples of tiebreak from the Web
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Nadal played a trio of uncharacteristically loose points, then del Potro stole the set in a tiebreak.
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Isner started his campaign in Miami with an up and down three-set win over Jiri Vesely, but then didn't drop another set until losing the first on a tiebreak to Zverev in the final.
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In the ensuing tiebreak, Verdasco hit consecutive double faults.
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Yergler held serve to force a tiebreak, which Trinkle dominated, 7-2.
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In the final tiebreak, Djokovic had a set point three times, but could not deliver.
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Moreover, toss-winning captains do usually take this option, so FIFA, world football’s governing body, is trying out a system similar to a tiebreak in tennis, in which teams A and B take turns to shoot first: AB then BA then AB and so on.
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Preda and Haygood not only lost the first set, but faced deficits of 4-5 and 5-6 in set two before forcing the tiebreak.
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Boys’ tennis Martha’s Vineyard 5, Barnstable 0 — Max Potter defeated Barnstable’s Trevor Blaze, 3-6, 6-4, 10-2, in a third set tiebreak.
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First Known Use of tiebreak
1970
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