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tie-break
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tie-break, tie-breaker
Tennis a method of deciding quickly the result of a set drawn at six-all, usually involving the playing of one deciding game for the best of twelve points in which the service changes after every two points


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Although Goodwein struggled with his movement the remainder of the set, the senior gave the Highlanders a leg to stand on when they needed it most, as he and Bonilla outlasted Fung and Nguyen in a tiebreaker to help Granada Hills prevail 15-141/2 at Balboa Sports Complex and advance to its first City final since 2006.
This was the second career meeting between the two as Murray needed a tiebreaker in the fourth set of the two hour, 33-minute match to win his second straight victory over Llodra.
Similarly, even if the Ducks lose, they would still have the tiebreaker for fifth with the Arizona-Stanford loser.
 
 
 
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