Word: forehanders
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...himself into the air with a fierce, raging scream and launching his Wilson Prostaff toward the high ceiling. The raquet returned to earth on my side of the green court divider, bouncing at the service line and coming to rest near to where I had been awaiting a deep forehand. I called a let, as seemed only appropriate when under attack by unidentified flying Prostaffs...
Devastating B.U.'s nimble Bernadette Diaz with powerful forehand slugging, Bougas easily retained the title she captured last year in her freshman season. Utilizing a steady baseline game, Meyer also had no difficulty powering her way to the fifth spot laurels...
Freshmen standouts Maria Pe and Erica Schulman sparked in their debut performances. Pe, playing at the number-two position, made the most of her effective forehand, coasting to a 6-1, 6-3 triumph. Schulman patiently grooved groundstrokes to outsteady her opponent at the number three slot, 6-3, 6-2. Senior captain Martha Roberts used her powerful serve-and-volley game to mow down Chris Carson, the number four UMass player, 6-2, 7-5. And Spunky sophomore, Debbie Kalish, overcame an ankle injury that had plagued her most of last season, defeating Sue Cochiatto...
...inconsistent, game and the ability to say, "I once played next to John McEnroe at Port Washington, and he got so mad that he threw his Prostaff over the nylon netting and onto my court." (True story.) I also saw Jimmy Arias, the United States' next great player, knock forehand winners when he couldn't have been more than three feet tall...
What makes Borg so good? Top-spin is one element. He often starts his forehand swing with the strings virtually parallel to the ground, turns the face of the racquet until it is perpendicular at the instant of impact, then twists it to the horizontal again. Thus he is whipping his hand from palm up on the backswing to palm down on the follow-through...