Word: backhanded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...going. Gallwey and Fred Vinton tripped up Scott and Tom Freiberg, 5-7, 17-15, 9-7, while Junta and Sears triumphed over Dell and Clark in three tight sets, 8-6, 3-6, 6-3. It was fitting that the deciding point of the entire meet was a backhand overhead putaway by Junta, one of the hardest shots in tennis...
...This is the biggest win of my life" Terrell said after his victory. "My forehand and backhand drives were strong, my drop shots were effective, and I was running better which enabled me to stay in there when I was fooled," he added. Terrell lost in the quarter-finals to J. Smith Chapman of Montreal...
Parrot knotted the game at 1-1 when he deflected in a long shot by Bob Carr at 3:47. Fredo gave Harvard its only lead of the tournament when he faked past a defensemen going down right wing and flipped a backhand past goalie George McPhee...
...lost the first set to top Quaker City Hamlin before he could get untracked and succumbed, 6-2, 6-4. Bernie Adelsberg took, the first set off Penn's Fred Levin at number two, but the steady Sylvan wore down the Crimson's number two man, parlaying a steady backhand and Adelsberg's rusty volleying to a 6-8, 8-6, 6-3, decision...
...Charlito's serve in the first game of the fourth. But Pasarell retaliated by breaking Ashe's serve. And after that, both men held on steadily until, with the core 8-7 and Ashe serving, Charlito rattled off four straight points-the last on a cross-court backhand passing shot that Ashe could only watch go by as he shook his head in frustration...