Word: lobs
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...Bore Him. Federer is a pleasure seeker, the best ad-libber in the game. No one loves hitting the perfect angles on the move - off your drop shot, your lob, your slice - more than him. "So stymie him by boring him to death," says Courier. "Play every single ball to the same corner, over and over. Deny him the pleasures of the sport." Another tedium tactic is to take extra time between points. "He's a rhythmic kind of player," says ex-pro Barry MacKay, a veteran TV commentator. "He likes to have things moving along at a certain pace...
Kumar clearly relished his strong play and the victory it produced for him. After one set of having his lob attempts smashed back in his face, Alvarado shook his head at his coach in despair. Minutes later, after another set went by in a flash, Kumar put away match point, just as Nguyen won his first set on the neighboring court...
...went up by maybe three or four, and we were trying to play catch-up,” Garcia said. PRINCETON 9, HARVARD 8A last-second shot ended the Crimson’s hopes for claiming victory over Princeton. With the score tied at eight, the Tigers nailed a lob shot from the two-spot to slip ahead in the last nine seconds of the game.“They were actually seeded higher us, so they were favored to win,” Byrd said. “We knew we were the underdog, so we just came...
...Then the goal was just kind of a big blow to them, and they kind of went flat until the second half.” Hoff was able to break though a solid Princeton defense thanks to freshman defender Kwaku Nyamekye, who hit Hoff with a well-placed lob that eliminated the Princeton defense. Hoff chipped the ball into the goal, giving the Crimson a 1-0 lead at the half. “We definitely did our homework and used it to our advantage with their goalkeeper being unsure about catching the ball...
...Saturday’s rally, Nasrallah is claiming this summer’s war as a victory for Islamic extremism. If Hezbollah is permitted to emerge intact and reassert its influence, Israel’s deterrence power will be shattered and its security compromised as Hezbollah continues to lob missiles into the northern part of the country. Beyond Israel, the credibility of moderate Arab groups will be undermined, and the perception that terrorism works will embolden others to resort to terrorist measures well beyond Lebanon.The Israel-Lebanon war cannot be treated as a mere regional conflict; it is part...