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Blake's overpowering serve and forehand, combined with his fabulous ability to cover the entire court and track down opponents' shots, have helped him post an overall singles record of 26-10 this season. In doubles action, Blake and partner Phil Tseng...
...formality of the 12th century Emperor Hui Tsung's script, with its flicking exactness of stroke; at the other, the blithely spontaneous notation of the 8th century Zen Buddhist monk Huai-su, who liked to work when drunk on rice wine. And somewhere in between is the long-arm forehand and backhand of the 16th century scholar-artist Chu Yun-ming, whose fierce cursive brush writing came to be revered as an example of moral probity in itself...
...meantime, she seemed to conduct a seminar in How to Succeed in Tennis Without Really Trying. Until the match with Graf, she never lost a set, as her two-handed backhands and forehands kept the other women cornered. The only time she did not look particularly sharp was in the first set of her quarterfinal match with talented Czech Jana Novotna, but Seles erased two set points with a laser return of service and a dazzling forehand volley. "Well, I was just so mad at myself," she said of the first shot, "I just, wow, hit it." Reminded...
Second-seeded freshman Daniel Ezra and fourth-seeded senior Mike Masland set the tone early. Ezra's powerful forehand and Masland's precision hitting led to easy 3-0 victories...
...feeling you get when you hit a perfect forehand is a great way to get out tension," Huffhines said...