Word: backhanded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first position, freshman Lisa Harrison, using new forehand and backhand grips, swept her match...
Canadian champion Phil Mohtadi started things off by dismantling Massachusetts singles and doubles champion Tom Poor in the tourney's opening match. Mohtadhi combined soft, floating serves with low, blistering backhand rail shots to eliminate Poor in three straight games...
...five sets, 6-7, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. His gambling power game kept Borg off balance, and his thunderball serves bailed him out of numerous trouble spots. But Borg was as relentless as ever, and worked skillfully on Tanner's weakest point, his backhand. After Tanner won a tie breaker to capture the first set, Borg breezed through the second, breaking service twice. Tanner came right back to win the third set, and looked ready to pull a stunning upset...
...fourth consecutive match point, Roberts followed his second serve with a deep backhand volley and a fully-extended overhead winner that Shaw called "very close" and Chaikovsky called "very...
...With time running out in regulation and Boston nursing a 4-3 lead achieved when Rick Middleton stuffed a backhand under Ken Dryden's stick-glove at 16:05 of the third, Guy Lafleur showed what makes him follow in the skate-steps of Howie Morenz, Rocket Richard and Jean Beliveau. He calmly circled in his own zone, resisting the urge to panic, then flashed down right wing and played give-and-go with Jacques Lemaire...