How to Use break point in a Sentence

break point

noun

• Djokovic did not face a break point in any of the last three sets.
  — Samuel Petrequin, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2021
• All but one went to at least deuce, and Nadal had six break points in all.
  — Tom Perrotta, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2017
• Gauff then engineered a break point of her own in the next game.
  — Issy Ronald, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
• Medvedev never faced a break point in any of his nine service games.
  — Tim Reynolds, ajc, 27 Mar. 2022
• Neither player has earned a break point through the first nine games.
  — Ben Rothenberg, New York Times, 28 June 2021
• Joint then fought off a break point to go ahead 2-0 in the second.
  — Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
• Nadal didn’t face a break point in reaching the fourth round here for the 11th time.
  — Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2019
• He got broken three times in the first set, then never faced a break point the rest of the way.
  — Howard Fendrich, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 July 2022
• At 4-4, Stephens had a break point and Williams hit a ball long.
  — Jamie Lisanti, SI.com, 8 Sep. 2017
• The pair captured the set with another break point.
  — Dan Albano, Oc Register, 5 Dec. 2025
• Kenin faced three break points while serving at 2-all, love-40 in the third set.
  — Howard Fendrich, Houston Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2020
• Nadal faced more break points at 4-3, with the crowd cheering for del Potro.
  — Tom Perrotta, WSJ, 11 July 2018
• But the Spaniard broke right back when Medvedev sailed a forehand long on break point.
  — Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2022
• The best game of the match soon followed, when Djokovic fought to hold serve and saved three break points.
  — Tom Perrotta, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2018
• Isner forged a break point at the start of the third set, but missed it with a wasteful forehand.
  — USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2017
• The Blue Devils had six fast-break points in the first half to go with five blocks.
  — Danielle Lerner, The Courier-Journal, 4 Jan. 2018
• In the fifth set, Djokovic survived three break point chances with the score tied at 7-7.
  — Tom Perrotta, WSJ, 15 July 2018
• With the emotions of the crowd at breaking point, Maradona started his run up.
  — SI.com, 2 May 2018
• In the fifth set, Djokovic saved a break point with a dramatic overhead smash.
  — Kevin Craft, The Atlantic, 14 July 2019
• The Grizzlies also scored 14 fast-break points in the first half.
  — Rick Bonnell, charlotteobserver, 30 Oct. 2017
• The Lynx had seven fast-break points in the stretch after zero in the first half.
  — Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 2 July 2019
• The American served five aces and secured four break points on her way to the next round.
  — Nihal Kolur, SI.com, 2 July 2018
• The second set, meanwhile, was tighter, with Paul saving the lone break point.
  — Jill Martin, CNN, 3 Sep. 2024
• On break point in the fifth game, Cornet jumped on a second serve and laced a forehand down the line.
  — New York Times, 2 July 2022
• The 23-time grand slam champ faced a mere one break point and tallied 85% of her first-serve points.
  — Ravi Ubha, CNN, 2 June 2018
• The Grizzlies are fifth in the NBA in both pace and fast-break points.
  — cleveland, 19 Dec. 2019
• The run started with Gao and Kersenbrock earning their first break point of the match.
  — Dan Albano, Oc Register, 5 Dec. 2025
• Djokovic saved a break point himself in the next game, then, almost as if nothing had happened at all, won the tiebreak.
  — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 7 July 2026
• Shapovalov saved three break points in the ninth game of the third set and held for a 5-4 lead but again couldn’t close the deal.
  — Helene Elliott, latimes.com, 3 Sep. 2017
• Murray saved two more break points at 4-4 to leave Wawrinka serving to stay in the match.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2019