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Niederhoffer seemed to be tired, but the country's third-ranked amateur surprised Khan by coming back to win the fourth game, 15-13, as Mohibulla missed a forehand smash...
...professionals risk playing past 35. When their legs tire and their reflexes slow down, they are likely to catch a pelota where it hurts-like Erdoza, a Basque champion of the World War I era, who was known as "El Fenomeno" until he put a little extra on a forehand one day and wound up whistling through a baseball-sized gap in his front teeth. Pelotaris like to compare themselves to bullfighters: the pelota is a charging bull, and the closer it comes, the bigger the thrill. In Miami some years back, one player was beaned and killed, and frontons...
...second set Sully mixed speeds on his forehand, keeping Walter off balance with drop shots and accurate placements. He had little trouble in winning the set, and the match...
...plays for Yale came with Neely serving and the Elis trailing 9-8. Ripley and Niederhoffer had two match points during the game but Neely's big serve won one of the points. On the second Ripley's hard forehand forced Yale's Hetherington to half-hit his return. Ripley smashed at it, and his forehand volley landed out by six inches...
Finally, in the twenty-first game, Yale broke Niederhoffer's serve on a smashing forehand volley by Neely, and then held Nealy's serve to end the match...