break (someone's) serve



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.
See also: break, serve

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
LeslyLEZ-lee, LES-leeEnglish (Modern)
Yima-Persian Mythology
Alin-Romanian
Jarah-Biblical
Susannasoo-ZAHN-nah (Italian), SOO-sahn-nah (Finnish), soo-ZAN-ə (English)Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Dutch, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic
Tomas-Swedish, Norwegian, Lithuanian