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Lundy served to Brightfield's backhand, then drove the Tiger's return deep to the ad-court and on the tape. Brightfield gamely rifled a backhand return, but Mr. Lundy stroked a crisp forehand volley cross-court for the winner...
Steel sent it to four-all with two excellent shots, then stole the match with an incredible crosscourt backhand winner from behind the baseline...
...crowd hushed, Pierpont served and responded to two rifled forehands down the line with successive reflex volleys. The second, a backhand lunge, forced Kreiger to put up a lob that fell just inches over the baseline. Pierpont carried the set to win the match...
...year starter, Chaikovsky has improved most of any player on the team this year, according to Fish...strong serve-and-volley player despite being shortest at 5 ft., 6 3/4 in...generates great power on serve, although discrepancy between first and second serves hurts his game...best shot is backhand...played well on spring trip, registering 3-2 mark...was ranked number two in New England 18-and-unders, and was voted best sportsman in N.E. juniors...has won "Ukranian Open" in Catskill Mountains last two years...nicknamed "Chai," "Chaik," or "Chavatz...
Kruger seemed to take backhand lessons from Goolagong, as she battled back from the deficit, and the match went to a nine-point tiebreaker at 6-6. With the tiebreaker even at four-all, Goolagong reached back and rifled one of her finest serves to the corner that Kruger couldn't touch...