Definition of tiebreak
: tiebreaker a tennis tiebreak
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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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1970
First Known Use of tiebreak
1970
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