Examples of tiebreaker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Late in the tiebreaker, Kyrgios came to the middle of the net, and gave Garin three short chances to put the ball past him. — New York Times, 6 July 2022 The two-time Grand Slam champions eventually lost the second set in a tiebreaker, but rallied to win the match in five sets and advance to the men's semifinals. — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 6 July 2022 In the tiebreaker, Binder got ahead early, but Semler was able to fight his way back. — oregonlive, 21 May 2022 Reno lost a noncounty match in a tiebreaker to start the season but has been unbeatable since, going undefeated in county play. — Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2022 Trailing 0-6 in the first-set tiebreaker, Kyrgios was serving when the chair umpire assessed him a point penalty for an audible obscenity to a fan, giving Nadal the set. — Beth Harris, ajc, 18 Mar. 2022 His nine races to Hamilton's eight gave him the tiebreaker in the event both drivers failed to finish Sunday's Abu Dhabi race. — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 12 Dec. 2021 The Senate is split 50-50, but Democrats have a tiebreaker in Vice President Kamala Harris. — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 1 Apr. 2021 To make that happen, Democrats needed a net gain of four seats, or three if Biden wins and the vice president serves as a tiebreaker in the Senate. — C.j. Sinner, Star Tribune, 4 Nov. 2020 See More

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