Sentence examples for held match from inspiring English sources
Kerber held match point at 30-40 on Pennetta's serve and drove a forehand at Pennetta's feet to force a volley that flew wide and won the match.
The physical test that Ferrer endured won't compare to the mental and emotional pain that will linger from this match as he held match point with Murray serving at 5-6, 30-40 in the third set.
At the French Open, Lisicki held match point against No. 2 seeded Vera Zvonareva in the second round and ended up losing, cramping in the final stages and sobbing uncontrollably after the loss as she was carried off the court on a stretcher.
Sascha, for his part, seldom ventures to the net; in maybe the most dismal moment of his young career, at Indian Wells last year, he held match point against Nadal, served big out wide, came forward on Nadal's weak, floating return, and dumped his volley into the net.
Five times David Nalbandian held match point against the man he had beaten soundly in their two previous meetings and it was not until 2am, with a crowd of some 2,000 still in attendance, that Nadal was able to turn it around and pull off an amazing victory 3 6, 7 6, 6 0.
It was unlike the tense and brilliant match that Cilic and Federer played in the semifinals at the 2014 U.S. Open, or the tight contest between the two in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon last year, when Cilic held match points but Federer went on to win.
The shelves also held matching sets of books.
The Stadio Armando Picchi has held matches within its walls since 1933 but the structure was not finished until 1935.
Founded in 1967, the New York Croquet Club held matches under improvised "backyard" type rules on lawn bowling courts in Central Park.
Since then, it has held matches in Sápmi in 2008, Padania in 2009, Gozo in 2010 and more recently in Iraqi Kurdistan in 2012.
In between games, the twins would sit side by side and rest, swigging water from identical bottles as ball girls in red miniskirts held matching sun umbrellas above them.
