Word: backhands
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Climax. The first day's singles matches revealed the Aussies' fast-growing power and agility. Dueling with 20-year-old Ken Rosewall, nervous Vic Seixas rarely got his net play going, was trapped cold by the little Australian's backhand and spectacular lobs, lost in four sets, 6-3, 10-8, 4-6, 6-2. For Seixas, it was the sad climax to a summer's uneven performance; at 32, he was just not steady-handed and agile enough to win. Said U.S. Captain Bill Talbert: "You add eight months [since Sydney] to 32 years...
Last Stand. Head's cannon ball and Hartwig's fine backhand won two quick sets despite one diehard net play from a reinvigorated Seixas. Coming back with his best performance of the afternoon, Trabert belted a two-handed push volley past the astonished Australians, smashed ahead to win the fourth set and tie up the match...
...five-all in the crucial fifth set, Trabert and Seixas thrice came within a stroke of breaking Head's service. But the Aussies did not falter. The end came when Seixas, serving, put two in the net. His next serve was successfully returned by Head's erratic backhand. Hartwig's backhand volley drove one in the alley; Trabert reached for it, slid to the grass, and the game was over. The match and the Davis Cup were Australia's. Said Australia's balding, jut-jawed Captain Harry Hopman: "We are very much relieved...
...number one Tod Rogers plays a defensive game, relying chiefly on his exceptionally good backhand, while sophomore Dave Sofield at two is a very forceful player with a sharp not game. Sofield is followed by squash star Roger Campbell and Ralph Stuart...
Sharp Crimson fielding kept the scoring down in the first and third innings. In the first, centerfielder Chauncey made a running backhand grab of a liner to right center...