Word: forehanded
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...opponent's reach. But Dick Sears developed what he called "a mild form of volleying," took delight in tapping the ball "first to one side and then to the other, running my opponent all over the court." He also introduced to U.S. tennis the "Lawford stroke," a forehand topspin drive he copied from a British player who had defeated...
Just such bits of forehand amateur analyzing, plus some remarkable financial adroitness, and a business manager named Robert L. Smith, have enabled "Chet" Boddy (rhymes with Cody) to turn a down-at-the-heel newspaper into one of the West Coast's most profitable publishing enterprises...
Starting off the second set by winning the first game love, Freedman used his tricky drop shots and beautiful cross court placements to Jenkins' forehand to run the score up to 4-0. Jenkins rallied to take the next two games, but they were the only ones he got for the rest of the match...
...like a two-handed champion. Every tennis player in the country whistled last July when Segura batted his way through the strong Czecho-Slovakian, Ladislav Hecht. 6-0, 6-0, 6-0. An urchin-like figure with a pigeon-toed slouch and a dark Indian face, Segura addresses a forehand shot as if he were about to kill it with an ax, often whirls so far off the ground that he seems to be swung by his racket...
Parker's dark sunglasses, grave face and deliberate air help his reputation as a "colorless" player. Tennis connoisseurs found nothing insipid in his management of the first two sets against Segura. Hitting with perfect length on both forehand and backhand, using always the exactly appropriate stroke, and subtly increasing the pace and angle of his shots when Segura left the court slightly open, Parker made just seven errors in two sets. Segura seemed lucky to get one game...