Sentence examples for despite serve from inspiring English sources

Despite serve speeds now frequently exceeding 100 mph [9], if one adopts a very conservative estimate that a professional tennis shot travels at 50 mph during a rally, a 21 33 ms response delay equates to a ball travelling two extra feet on every shot before an opponent can respond.

This time he coped, despite serving 11 double-faults.

Despite serving recently as the president's special envoy in Europe, she keeps her distance.

Somehow, he pushed through the tension, despite serving a double-fault on his first match point.

Raonic lost in a third-set tiebreaker to Roger Federer in the quarterfinals in Halle, Germany, last week, despite serving 25 aces.

Johnson confessed that he knew nothing about cars, despite serving as GQ's car reviewer for a time.

His first disappointment was failing to make it into Cameron's first cabinet, despite serving as shadow home secretary.

President Jacques Chirac, despite serving time as a Howard Johnson soda jerk in Boston as a young man, became the most hated man in America in 2003.

But, despite serving as vice president for the best part of two decades, Hadi is a man most Yemenis know little about.

She received treatment at break point down and came back to secure a place in the quarter-finals against Simona Halep despite serving 20 double faults.

But one person connected to the show said that Mr. Simpson may have grown ambivalent about the sitcom, despite serving with Mr. Harbert as an executive producer.