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.
• 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
• In the fourth match point, Poland got the job done, advancing to the finals for the first time in decades.
  — NBC News, 8 Aug. 2024
• 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 stayed in it, but struck a forehand wide on match point to send Fritz into the last four at a major for the first time in his career.
  — Sam Joseph, CNN, 4 Sep. 2024
• Bilibili then took game three, which put them on match point and just one game away from writing their name in the League of Legends history books for the first time.
  — Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024