Word: forehanders
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...suddenly, everything began working for Harvard. With Niederhoffer's hard serve and forehand scoring point after point and Ripley throwing up lobs that seemed to head for the base line like homing pigeons, the Crimson broke Hetherington's serve twice and took the second...
Walker is a backcourt player, who wins his points with a sharp forehand and strong passing shots, but he has the strength to come to net behind his shots. His all-around game will be counted on to stop Princeton's hard-hitting Speed Howell in the number six match Saturday...
...Sullivan chased Aasnaes' powerful volleys all around the backcourt, frustrating the tall Norwegian with a brilliant retrieving game. Time after time the Crimson's captain fired forehand passing shots past Aasnaes, the third-ranked player in last year's New England Intercollegiate Tournament...
Backhand or Forehand. The matches squared matters nicely-and established Mexico as a stylish new power in what is now a generally lackluster sport. Mexico's No. 1, Rafael Osuna, 24, who perfected his tennis as a student at Southern Cal, had proved himself a one-man gang in earlier cup matches, trimming the U.S.'s Jon Douglas in a close match and beating both Sweden's Ulf Schmidt and Jan Erik Lundquist...
...rain-soaked hard courts against India's highly regarded ace, Ramanathan Krishnan, Osuna powdered the baseline with his drives, showed a baffling array of skittering slices; at times, he even employed some gamesmanship of his own, scooting catlike around a backhand to take it on his forehand. Krishnan carried the match to five sets, got a breather when the match was interrupted in the fourth set because of darkness. But that was it. Next day Osuna polished him off, then teamed with No. 2 Mexican Antonio Palafox to win the doubles to lead the jubilant squad...