break (someone's) serve

In tennis, to win a game that is being served by one's opponent. She broke her opponent's serve in the last game, and it looks like the match is now firmly in her control.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Maksim	mahk-SEEM (Russian)	Russian, Belarusian, Macedonian, Ukrainian
Thoko	TO-ko	Southern African, Chewa
Elihu	i-LIE-hyoo (English), ee-LIE-hyoo (English)	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, English (Archaic)
Pran	-	Indian, Hindi
Amerigo	ah-me-REE-go	Italian
Julita	yuw-LEE-tah	Polish