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What is a tie-break?
In tennis, a tie-break is a special game played to decide a set when the score reaches 6-6. It prevents matches from going on indefinitely. In this story, the Williams sisters lost a decisive 10-point tie-break, meaning the first pair to reach 10 points with a two-point lead wins the set and the match.
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