Word: cross-courts
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...Aasnaes uncorked a sound, all-around game to defeat the Crimson's Paul Sullivan, who appeared to be somewhat off his form and was not hitting the ball as hard as his opponent. Aasnaes combined good ground strokes and an effective return of service with expert cross-court shots that often forced Sullivan to go well beyond the outside doubles line in order to retrieve the ball. Aasnaes won both sets...
...number three match, after Cornell's Don Rubell tied the score at one game apiece, Crimson captain Tony Lake abandoned a cross-court strategy for the drop shot, going on to win in four games...
...happy to explain how he has hopped up his game to match the wondrous power of Gonzales: "I'm hitting harder, flatter, trying to drive the other man to the base line. Either he can slam a hot one down the sideline or he can go for a cross-court drive. Now I always cover that sideline...
Clearly suffering from lack of experience, the Wesleyan players tended to leave themselves vulnerable to the Crimson's cross-court attack. The varsity made use of this weakness to run the opposition into errors...
...bursting for action. The luck of the draw had spared Seixas, pitted Trabert against Australia's brilliant Lew Hoad in the singles opener. Trabert and Hoad divided the first two sets. In the next, Hoad had Tony sweating at set-point, but lost his chance on a cross-court shot that went out. Hardhitting Tony raised his game a notch, won the set by 12-10, then easily romped off with the fourth and deciding...