Word: lobs
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Bidwell played a steady, aggressive game, placing well and continually forcing Miller to the back of the court where he was unable to lob. The finals between Davis and Bidwell will be played today at 2.30, best three out of five sets...
...times. Thomas ran up to the net on his service nearly every time, and Codman could not pass him, but put everything within his opponent's reach or out of court. Thomas played splendidly at the net, but his back court game was very weak. Codman's inability to lob well went far towards his losing the match...
Ingraham played his usual careful and steady game, but could not play Parke closely except in the last set. He took only two games in the first two sets, but in the third he began to lob, and kept Parke most of the time in the back court. It was anyone's set until, with the score nine all, Parke ran out the set by placing and by Ingraham's drives into...
...very pretty tennis. In the first set Read started in to play net, but though he did some very clever work there, the swift drives of Pier forced him back. In the last two sets Pier's strokes became slower, and every point was hard fought. Read began to lob steadily and accurately, and the weakness which Pier showed against this style of play finally lost him the match...