Word: net
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Thomas in three straight sets, as Thomas played very badly most of the time. A strong wind was blowing across the court and made good lobbing impossible. Thomas did not run up on his service as much as he usually does, while Whitman came up whenever possible and his net play was the feature of the match. Whitman at times used a reverse service which bothered Thomas very much...
...third set, Thomas braced up a little, but was very wild, knocking balls out of court and into the net repeatedly. The summary...
...tournament was played yesterday afternoon between R. C. Thomas '96 and R. McKittrick '99, which resulted in an easy victory for Thomas, 6-3, 6-1. McKittrick did not play as well as usual while Thomas improved on his game of the day before, playing very strongly at the net...
...other match of the afternoon was one in the third round between A. Ingraham '96 and E. R. Marvin '99. This match was very close, and some excellent tennis was played. Marvin won the first set by running to the net and smashing beautifully. Ingraham played entirely in the back of the court, going to the not only twice in the whole match, but his good lobbing made up for his lack of net play...
Marvin and Holt also had an evenly played match. Holt weakened at critical points and drove easy strokes out of court and into the net, but there was some doubt about the result until the end of the match, as Marvin was erratic...