Sentence examples for rally ball from inspiring English sources

Also like Ferrer, Errani doesn't overwhelm you with power, but instead wins by feeding her opponents rally ball after rally ball in hopes of goading them to make mistakes.

The first was that it turned what would have been a neutral backhand rally ball for Stosur into an offensive forehand.

Müller sent back another rally ball, and this time, Nadal hit a two-handed backhand, falling on his heels, that curved and barely clipped the outside of the line.

Tomic's game is flat-out weird as most players his height — 6-foot-5 — like to bang the ball at every opportunity, whereas Tomic is much more likely to hit a soft, flat forehand down the middle of the court as his preferred option on a rally ball.

The Hawkeye graphic showed that Federer was hitting 61 per cent of his rally balls (no serves or return of serves) from behind the baseline, and 39 per cent inside the baseline.

If both of them were a little tight as the final got under way Muguruza chose to receive, then, serving after a Venus hold, began with a double fault it was clear that neither was in the mood to hit rally balls or back away from the baseline.

With his form and fitness Murray is forcing his opponents into errors in long rallies – the ball just keeps on coming back.

Federer had begun missing shots after lengthy rallies, sending balls wide and long.

Tomic is most comfortable in a baseline rally, massaging the ball side to side with flat ground strokes.

Longish rally and the ball eventually stops on Djokovic in the wind, and that's a fourth break point.

That, say the canny economists huddled backstage at the rally, puts the ball in the court of ECB boss Mario Draghi.