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Match playLevels 4–64 players45 min

The tiebreak gauntlet

Success target: 5 completed tiebreaks with the score pattern written down.

How to run it

  1. 01Skip the set — play only tiebreaks to 7, first serve rotated each breaker.
  2. 02Between breakers: 90 seconds rest, and each pair names one thing to change.
  3. 03Track your record and, more usefully, the score pattern (do you lose the first 3 points? blow leads?).
  4. 04Play 5 tiebreaks.

Why it works

Tiebreaks compress all of a match's pressure into ten minutes — five in one session is a month of clutch practice.

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