Word: cross-courts
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...virtually impenetrable. That was the difference as the two players went into a sudden-death tie breaker with Smith leading two sets to one. Needing five out of a possible nine points to win, Smith was down 3-1 when he connected on a pair of crackling cross-court shots. After Kodes missed a forehand return, Smith put everything into a big serve that the Czech was lucky to bloop back. Smith put the ball away with an overhead smash to win the tie breaker and the match...
Harvard had the ball and tried to work a cross-court pass to sophomore forward Floyd Lewis, who led the squad with 12 rebounds, underneath, but Princeton sagged into the middle to thwart the play...
...crucial fourth game, the straining Nayar continually hit the tin and was beaten by cross-court volleys; and Terrell rushed to a 12-7 lead...
...final, Nayar and Terrell fought the first game to 13-13 with fine drop shots and cross-court volleys. In the five point set. Terrell won the first two points before Nayar recovered for an 18-16 win. In the next two games Terrell resorted to a lobbing style that Nayar used for 15-6 and 15-7 victories...
...third set was as exciting as it was long. At 11-all, Levin held three break points on Hoeveler's serve but failed to capitalize. Then at 12-all, deuce, Levin broke Hoeveler with two cross-court passing shots that the Indian star could not lay a racket on. The tall Californian survived several deuces on his own serve to win the set match...