Word: forehanders
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...diminutive Ecuadoran, thrice intercollegiate champ while at the University of Miami, is best known for his two-fisted forehand. Like Kid Gavilan's "bolo punch," the weapon is crowd pleasing but not necessarily any more effective than the orthodox technique...
...style distinguishes her from most of the ladies. Nimbly toe-dancing on the baseline, she suddenly stops bouncing and slugs scorching drives-forehand or backhand-deep into enemy territory. Less outstanding are Maureen's service and volleying: she has the bone and muscle (130 Ibs.) but not quite the height (5 ft. 4 in.) to bang in cannonball aces and smashing kills...
...Have to Think." Though Dick worries about his chief opponents, he plays them mostly by instinct and experience. Says he: "You just know, somehow, how to play each guy ... I don't have to think. With Larsen, I just try to overpower him. Flam, I play his forehand. With Sedgman, you have to keep the ball deep, he comes to the net so much. He and Larsen are the quickest. With McGregor, you just can't let him volley. Patty doesn't let you play good-looking tennis. Flam hits those looper balls. Before the war, they...
...Crimson victories in singles, both in straight sets, fell to Bayard Robb and Paul Tobias. Robb's net game and lefty forehand drive were hitting consistently to top the number five man, John Booker. In the sixth spot, Tobias trimmed his opponent, Charlie DuVal, by playing his usual conservative, steady game...
...this was that, by the Australian championship last week, Savitt was playing a "big game" with more style than he had ever shown before. Sedgman and McGregor repeatedly found his serves too hot to handle, and his base-line drives from forehand and backhand kept them more often than not on the defensive. It took him five sets against Sedgman (2-6, 7-5, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4), four against McGregor...