"match point" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: match points [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} match point (plural match points)
  1. (sports, tennis) A state in a game where a player can win the entire match by winning the next point. Often used in tennis. Categories (topical): Sports, Tennis Related terms: break point, match, set point Translations (state in a game): punt de partit [masculine] (Catalan), 賽點 (Chinese Mandarin), 赛点 (sàidiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), mečbol [masculine] (Czech), matchbold [common-gender] (Danish), ottelupallo (Finnish), balle de match [feminine] (French), Matchball [masculine] (German), meczbol [masculine] (Polish), piłka meczowa [feminine] (Polish), minge de meci [feminine] (Romanian), punct de meci [neuter] (Romanian), matchboll [common-gender] (Swedish)

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