Word: crosscourts
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...laying it all on the line on every shot, high on a devil's dare. Down 6-5 and receiving in the third set he would hit out and go for winners. And on match point he'd rush the net on a straight line and curve short to crosscourt an underspin backhand off his toes. He spiced up his play with plenty of theatrics on the side--yelling, swearing, screaming red-faced, slamming balls into the net and over the fence. He smashed several rackets a season and was usually a borderliner for a bad behavior disqualification...
...expected, Anil Nayar and Larry Terrell, at one and two, won easily. Nayar alternated between blistering drives and soft drop shots, winning in three straight games. Terrell overpowered Eliot Berry of Penn with crisp, hard crosscourt drives, eventually winning in four games...
Second man Rick Sterne dropped the second game to Barry Conway's crosscourt volleying. But the Crimson southpaw used the corners...
...match which summed up the whole afternoon was at number four, Todd Wilkinson, a Crimson senior who had never lost a varsity match, mixed deep crosscourt shots with a variety of drops to win the first two games over aggressive Walt Smedley, 15-9 and 15-8. Smedley, a slugger who doesn't forfeit a point until he is down on all fours, rallied to pull out a tight third game...
...crucial one. The scrappy Gay slowly pulled away until he had a commanding 12-7 lead. Morris, starting to concentrate on power strokes, fought back to 12-11. Gay won the next point on a corner drop, but his opponent could not be stopped now. A blazing crosscourt backhand and a volley down the line made the score 13-13. Five straight points by Morris then gave him the game...