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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Sabalenka, one of the favorites to lift the Wimbledon title this year, had saved four match points in a tiebreak to escape 2022 champion Elena Rybakina the previous day, one of them coming via a fortunate net cord.
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James Hansen, New York Times, 21 June 2025
Alcaraz served for the second set at 6-5 in the second but Musetti broke him to force a tiebreak.
—Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Mounds View won all four singles matches against Elk River, with only No. 1 singles requiring a third set, as Soren Swenson rallied to win a super tiebreak after dropping the first set to Aaron Zoubek.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 4 June 2025
He and Medvedev could not be separated until the tiebreak.
—Leon Imber, New York Times, 22 June 2025
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James Hansen, New York Times, 21 June 2025
Alcaraz served for the second set at 6-5 in the second but Musetti broke him to force a tiebreak.
—Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Mounds View won all four singles matches against Elk River, with only No. 1 singles requiring a third set, as Soren Swenson rallied to win a super tiebreak after dropping the first set to Aaron Zoubek.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 4 June 2025
He and Medvedev could not be separated until the tiebreak.
—Leon Imber, New York Times, 22 June 2025
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“Tiebreak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tiebreak. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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