How To Use Match point In A Sentence
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It took four hours and three minutes, by which time he had squandered eight match points.
Times, Sunday Times
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Becker won the next four games and took the tiebreaker when Johnson shanked a forehand on match point.
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The St. Petersburg native was particularly snakebitten at Roland Garros, holding match points against Anastasia Myskina in 2004 and Justine Henin in 2005.
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When Roddick mishit a forehand on match point, it capped the longest fifth set, in games, in Grand Slam singles final history.
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The Serb rescued one match point with a forehand winner before hitting another forehand.
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It took four hours and three minutes, by which time he had squandered eight match points.
Times, Sunday Times
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She blew a second match point with a backhand drop shot that fell short.
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Norman saved that third match point with a forehand winner, and eventually won the game when Pareau again overruled a linesman and called a forehand by Kuerten long.
Kuerten captures French Open
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Harsh then punched out a return and set Carraz on the match point and the Frenchman aced his way to the final.
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About 10 minutes later, those fans were dancing with Djoko as he boogied at center court to celebrate an epic U.S. Open semifinal win – one in which he dug out of a two-set hole, then saved two match points to beat Federer for the second straight year.
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It took four hours and three minutes, by which time he had squandered eight match points.
Times, Sunday Times
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Ah, that terrible ballooning backhand error on match point.
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Kuerten reaches match point and records a famous victory in just over two hours.
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He converted on the third of three match points with a cross-court forehand winner.
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It took four hours and three minutes, by which time he had squandered eight match points.
Times, Sunday Times
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The Serb rescued one match point with a forehand winner before hitting another forehand.
The Sun
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The home favourite served for the match and closed it out on a second match point with a backhand down the line.
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Trailing 6-4, Acasuso saved one match point on Safin's serve, but then netted a forehand from the baseline after a short rally.
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An ace gives him match point and he duly completes an impressive win.
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But it took three more match points before he could wrap up victory.
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He converted on the third of three match points with a cross-court forehand winner.
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She retrieves the break only to go match point down in the tiebreaker when she makes a complete hash of a simple volley.
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He served out the final game at love, hitting a 119 mph second serve for a winner on match point.
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Left-hander Bob Bryan served an ace on match point, and the brothers celebrated with their trademark chest bump as Roddick and Fish cheered from the first row.
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The Swiss calmly wrapped up the victory on the first of three match points a game later.
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It took four hours and three minutes, by which time he had squandered eight match points.
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They had a match point in the semi-final against the Cantrells, but Burdett served a double fault on the sudden-death second deuce in which this point is decisive under the rules of the competition designed to prevent drawn-out matches.
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She retrieves the break only to go match point down in the tiebreaker when she makes a complete hash of a simple volley.
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It took four hours and three minutes, by which time he had squandered eight match points.
Times, Sunday Times
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In the final game at match point, he played a super shot to save point.
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He reached match point with a stunning lob and clinched the win with a forehand volley at the net.
The Sun
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The untitled project will be co-produced by BBC Films, which also part-financed Match Point, as part of a new package that may include a Doctor Who feature.
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They played on to the tiebreak, where Agassi won on his second match point.
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But the second seed shuts the door and moves into the semi-finals on her second match point.
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Ninth seed Stosur, a quarter-finalist in New York last year, had chances to close out a hard-fought tussle in the second set, but Petrova, the 24th seed, saved two match points and won the tiebreak 7-5 to force a third set.
Stosur beats Petrova in record match
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But it took three more match points before he could wrap up victory.
ITF World of Tennis
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And the world number wrapped up victory in style, getting to match point with a 'hotdog' through-the-legs shot and converting with a superb winner.
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He reached match point with a stunning lob and clinched the win with a forehand volley at the net.
The Sun
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It took four hours and three minutes, by which time he had squandered eight match points.
Times, Sunday Times
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Ah, that terrible ballooning backhand error on match point.
Times, Sunday Times
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It took four hours and three minutes, by which time he had squandered eight match points.
Times, Sunday Times
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He double-faulted to trail 2-1, slapped what he later called a "gimme volley" into the net to make it 5-2, put a drop shot into the net for 6-2, then missed a forehand return on match point, ending things after 3 hours, 24 minutes.
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Isner's play was littered with mistakes down the stretch: He double-faulted to trail 2-1, slapped what he later called a "gimme volley" into the net to make it 5-2, put a drop shot into the net for 6-2, then missed a forehand return on match point, ending things after 3 hours, 24 minutes.
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This time, Searle steadied himself, took his time, and won the rubber on his second match point.
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Kim, ranked No. 234, reached match point with a forehand from the baseline that ticked the top of the net and dribbled over.
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A thunderous Federer forehand winner saved one match point, but as the Swiss tried to force the pace on the second, he played a forehand airshot.
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