How to Use double fault in a Sentence

double fault

noun

• Swiatek broke Sakkari’s serve in the next game, capped by a double fault by Sakkari, and took a 4-2 lead.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2022
• Sabalenka, ranked 10th in the world, had six double faults hold her back in the first set.
  — Ted Ward, The Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2019
• The tension was there for all to see as Hercog double faulted.
  — Ravi Ubha, CNN, 5 July 2019
• Taylor said with a laugh of the opening service game with the double faults.
  — Matt Szabo, Daily Pilot, 17 Sep. 2019
• At 4-2 down early, Gauff won 10 games in a row (helped by nine Dodin double faults) to close it out.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2024
• Clearly the two double faults shook any confidence Zverev might have had in the match.
  — Sandra Harwitt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2019
• The two exchanged breaks in the middle of the second set, with Gauff giving her break back with two double faults to even things at 4–4.
  — Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 2 July 2019
• Coric had two chances to go up 5-3 but squandered them and lost the game on a double fault, the opening Federer sought.
  — Helene Elliott, latimes.com, 18 Mar. 2018
• Shapovalov earned a break for 3-1 in the fourth thanks to a double fault by Nadal that occurred just as fan yelled in the middle of his serve.
  — Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
• Gauff lost her serve in a hurry in the opening game with a series of errors and one very edgy double fault.
  — New York Times, 4 June 2022
• The rebirth of this prestigious event had now been ushered in with a double fault.
  — Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2021
• The 158th would surely be the nerviest yet, not least after Berrettini hit his first double fault of the match on the game's first point.
  — Matias Grez, CNN, 9 July 2021
• Serving at 5-6, Muchova began the game with a double fault and had to fight off four more match points to stay alive.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
• In the first-set tiebreaker, a challenge from Zverev forced Djokovic to hit a second serve and resulted in a double fault.
  — Andrew Dampf, ajc, 20 Nov. 2021
• In tennis a double fault on set point means more than a glorious backhand stroke down the line.
  — SI.com, 29 May 2018
• As the tension escalated, Djokovic broke in the next game courtesy of a double fault.
  — Ravi Ubha, CNN, 8 June 2019
• Federer looked punchy for a moment, and double faulted on the next point.
  — David Waldstein, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2017
• The 34-year-old started the match with a double fault before surviving a break-point in his first service game.
  — Ben Church, CNN, 11 July 2021
• But there were errors, too, including a costly double fault by Gauff at break point in the third game of the second set.
  — Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2021
• Another Federer double fault -- this time on break point -- gave del Potro the early break in the third set.
  — Jill Martin, CNN, 7 Sep. 2017
• In the seventh game, Djokovic faltered again at the net to present Alcaraz with another break point and then threw up a double fault to gift the Spaniard his double break.
  — Aimee Lewis, CNN, 14 July 2024
• Mladenovic double faulted on her first match point at 40-15 but delivered a strong serve on the next point.
  — USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2018
• Nine of those errors were double faults, including four straight at one early stage.
  — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2018
• Isner finished with 40 aces and only four double faults.
  — Howard Fendrich, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2019
• But Nishikori appeared to struggle at times, getting only half his first serves in and throwing in a double fault on a break point to help Klahn come back from 5-1 down to tie the fourth set.
  — Brian Mahoney, baltimoresun.com, 28 Aug. 2019
• Osaka tightened her grip on the match in the second set, breaking Gauff in the opening frame after the teenager double faulted twice.
  — Stanley Kay, SI.com, 1 Sep. 2019
• Kasatkina handed Rogers several free passes in the first set, including a double fault that gave Rogers a 6-1 lead in the tiebreak.
  — Kikue Higuchi, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Aug. 2022
• Williams, seeded No. 8, committed seven double faults, including two in the fifth game of the second set.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2019
• Athletes troubled by conscience can always tell themselves that a few wild swipes of a bat or a run of double faults are victimless crimes.
  — The Economist, 21 Sep. 2017
• But several errant serves lead to double faults, and Gauff seized the moment, buckling down and grabbing the energy.
  — Jon Richardson, Cincinnati.com, 10 June 2018

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