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match point
noun as in point of no return
Example Sentences
Djokovic was about to go quietly in the third set, as Medvedev served for match point, up 5-2.
Djokovic held to make it 5-4, and Medvedev again double-faulted on match point, to make it 40-30 on the next game.
But on match point Nadal nailed an up-the-line forehand that landed close to the line and was called in.
That last possibility underscores what might be the match point for Oscar: experience.
At deuce the great one double faults to reach match point for a third time.
Go after every point as though you were down Match Point and had to win it.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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