plural tiebreaks
: an additional contest or period of play used to select a winner when a competition or part of a competition ends in a tie : tiebreaker
a tennis tiebreak
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Their contest on Court Suzanne-Lenglen stretched to almost three hours after Potapova failed to serve out the match twice in the decider and Kalinskaya overturned a 4-1 deficit in the super tiebreak.
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ABC News, 1 June 2026
In any case, there was Berrettini, blasting trademark forehands and recovering from a break down in the third set and then 6-3 in the tiebreak to win five straight points and surge for the finish line.
—Ava Wallace, New York Times, 1 June 2026
Alcaraz came back from down two sets to love, with three of the sets going into tiebreaks.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
The Italian grabbed the first set in the tiebreak when Alcaraz struck a costly double fault set point down.
—Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2026
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ABC News, 1 June 2026
In any case, there was Berrettini, blasting trademark forehands and recovering from a break down in the third set and then 6-3 in the tiebreak to win five straight points and surge for the finish line.
—Ava Wallace, New York Times, 1 June 2026
Alcaraz came back from down two sets to love, with three of the sets going into tiebreaks.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
The Italian grabbed the first set in the tiebreak when Alcaraz struck a costly double fault set point down.
—Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2026
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“Tiebreak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tiebreak. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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