(in tennis and other sports) a point which if won by one of the players or sides will also win them a set.
（网球或其他项目比赛中决定一局胜负的）局点
his brilliant ace denied Sampras the set point
Example sentencesExamples
The Russian finally clinched the set on her fourth set point when Williams dumped a tame forehand return into the net.
Jamie Delgado squandered two set points before going down 7-6 6-1 6-4 to former world number three Juan Carlos Ferrero, the 23rd seed from Spain.
In the tiebreaker, he finally converted on his third set point when the Swiss swatted a backhand long.
Moya took a 6-3 lead in the tiebreaker, but couldn't capitalise on three set points as Agassi evened the score.
The set saw another exchange of breaks before Escude, conqueror of Lleyton Hewitt and Sebastien Grosjean, captured it on his sixth set point in the tiebreak 7-3.
Definition of set point in US English:
set point
nounˌsɛt ˈpɔɪntˌset ˈpoint
(in tennis and other sports) a point that, if won by a contestant, will also win the set.
（网球或其他项目比赛中决定一局胜负的）局点
his brilliant ace denied Sampras the set point
Example sentencesExamples
The Russian finally clinched the set on her fourth set point when Williams dumped a tame forehand return into the net.
The set saw another exchange of breaks before Escude, conqueror of Lleyton Hewitt and Sebastien Grosjean, captured it on his sixth set point in the tiebreak 7-3.
In the tiebreaker, he finally converted on his third set point when the Swiss swatted a backhand long.
Moya took a 6-3 lead in the tiebreaker, but couldn't capitalise on three set points as Agassi evened the score.
Jamie Delgado squandered two set points before going down 7-6 6-1 6-4 to former world number three Juan Carlos Ferrero, the 23rd seed from Spain.