Word: slamming
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...charisma primarily from their personalities, Laver proved once again at Longwood that his springs solely from the magic he can perform with a wooden racquet. Every professional tennis player has perfected at least one aspect of the game which he can exploit with devastating effects. Rosewall has his overhead slam and a deadly backhand. Gonzales covers the court beautifully and groundstrokes well. Holmberg combines a feline anticipation with accurate placements shots. But Laver has all these qualities and more...
Trying to lob against Laver is usually a costly mistake, for he has one of the hardest and most accurate overhead slams in the game. But often, he will employ the lob himself, daring one to smash it back, then ease into position and when the slam comes, return it beautifully...
...queen on the board. The spade return drew East's king and last spade upon which declarer cashed his ace. South then played out his last two trump, and when West discarded the jack of spades, happily laid down the good spade for the contract and the small slam...
...senior at University High School in West Los Angeles. Levin performed well enough on California's cement courts to earn a ranking among the top ten junior players in the state. He had developed a fine serve-and-volley game, strengthened it with a strong forehand slam, and put it to good use on the hard, quick cement courts...
Levin's style won him all but two matches this spring. The verbal psyche helped. Last weekend, playing with Rocky Jarvis at first doubles, Levin had just missed a devastating forehand slam. Glancing at his Yale opponent and breaking into a grin he said, "I really wanted to demolish you that time." The Yale tandem fell...