How to Use match point in a Sentence

match point

noun

• He won with an ace on match point.
• He won with an ace on his second match point.
• The only real drama of the day came when Alcaraz had three match points at 5-4 in the third set.
  — Ava Wallace, Washington Post, 14 July 2024
• Djokovic saved three match points but could not bring the match to the fifth set.
  — Tom Perrotta, WSJ, 5 June 2018
• The fifth game went to a deuce point, which was also a match point for the Storm.
  — Matt Szabo, Daily Pilot, 30 July 2019
• Zverev sailed a backhand wide on the third match point.
  — Wayne Coffey, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2020
• For most of the half, Butler could not match points with Reed.
  — David Woods, Indianapolis Star, 18 Jan. 2020
• Britney Nwankwor came up with the block on match point.
  — Elliott Lapin, Houston Chronicle, 5 Nov. 2019
• In the fifth set, Nadal faced two match points serving at 4-5.
  — Matthew Futterman, WSJ, 10 July 2017
• Rublev did it tough, wasting four match points in the fifth set.
  — USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2024
• And with the team closing in on the win, Crawford's kill set up match point.
  — Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2022
• Came close, though, even erasing a pair of match points in the final game.
  — Howard Fendrich, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2018
• Djokovic then sprayed a forehand long, bringing the Spaniard to match point.
  — Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 7 May 2022
• Italy’s Sinner could not convert a match point in the fourth set.
  — Jason Gay, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022
• Snowflake went on to win the following point as well to set up match point.
  — Lucas Gordon, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2022
• Later in the set, Johnson hammered home the match point from the left side for her sixth kill of the set.
  — Alaska Dispatch News, 27 Oct. 2017
• Auger-Aliassime took the first set and earned a match point in the second, a 30-40 breakpoint.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2021
• When a return went long on a fifth match point, Nadal raised his arms in joy.
  — Ravi Ubha, CNN, 10 June 2018
• Gonzales served an ace for match point and McGhee closed the match with a kill.
  — oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2023
• In the decider, Seppi needed six match points to close out the win.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2019
• Federer had two match points on serve at 8-7 in the fifth set.
  — oregonlive, 19 Jan. 2020
• On match point, Djokovic rose for a lob, stretched and whipped one last winner past Medvedev.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2021
• In the final set, Halep was at match point but Townsend came back to win the set and force a tie breaker.
  — CBS News, 29 Aug. 2019
• And sure enough, the Swiss found himself at match point in the fourth set -- and tried a between-the-legs shot off a Safin lob.
  — oregonlive, 19 Jan. 2020
• Djokovic was about to go quietly in the third set, as Medvedev served for match point, up 5-2.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 13 Sep. 2021
• Otay Ranch had a match point at 25-24 but Eastlake scored the final three points.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2023
• Not when match point after match point went by the wayside.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
• Pouille, meanwhile, saved match points on his second serve twice in the ninth game.
  — USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2018
• Zverev closed it out with an ace out wide on his first match point — on a second serve.
  — Andrew Dampf, ajc, 21 Nov. 2021
• But in the ensuing tiebreaker, Alcaraz earned his fourth match point and stayed cool as can be this time.
  — TIME, 14 July 2024

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024