Word: racquet
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...matter where a ball is hit, it seems to have an invisible cord leading back to Borg's racquet, which is cocked to unleash a blazing passing shot...
Meet faultless Bjorn Borg. Is he, at 24, the best player ever to lift a racquet...
...like my father," Borg recalls. "But when I was nine my father took me to a tournament to watch him play. They had a big table with all the prizes spread out on it, and right there, in the middle of the table, was this beautiful tennis racquet. When I saw it, I wanted him to win so bad, because if he could win, I would have the racquet...
Throughout the match Pompan had trouble returning his opponent's thundering serves, and more importantly, keeping up with Lapidus's booming, finely placed baseline-to-baseline backhand shots. Pompan played dangerously anytime he ventured into the forecourt, since Lapidus's crosscourt shots nearly inevitably shot past his racquet and bounced within a few inches of the sideline...
About a year ago, a Harvard squad nuked Yale, 8-1, and then went west to Williamstown, Mass., only to lose the New Englands narrowly to the same Bulldog squad. One week ago, the 1980 version of the Crimson racquet-swingers squeaked by the Elis, 5-4, in that grimy little Connecticut city...