Sentence examples for receiving serve from inspiring English sources

Mostly we are behind the server, or we are receiving serve.

4.45am GMT Second set: Dimitrov* 0-2 Nadal Getting an interesting infographic on where each player is receiving serve.

It is all enough to make someone like Federer seem tic-free despite his occasional and superfluous shakes of the head and his racket twirling before receiving serve.

The playwright, who considers each question with the fixed-eyed concentration of a tennis player receiving serve and a thoughtful pause before replying, says this rumour is untrue: "I was annoyed with the Court at the time.

The tournament has a few quirky rule changes: a player receiving serve can double his or her score by nominating one power point per set; there will be no advantage points in a race to six games for a point and the match; the team with most points wins the tie in a round-robin format.

To love her, you had to ignore her habit, before receiving serve, that quite blatantly forced her opponent to wait while she stood in the back court, facing in the opposite direction, reversing the normal protocol by making the point run to the receiver's rhythm.

That's why I chose to receive serve at the beginning.

Updated at 12.41pm BST 12.34pm BST Lajovic has won the toss and will receive serve first up.

Late in the second set, intent on stealing a page from Williams's playbook, Douchevina moved well in to receive serve herself.

And at match point, Chang walked forward to receive serve, putting his slim frame directly in the way of Lendl's most potent weapon.

4.26am GMT First set: Dimitrov* 5-2 Nadal Nadal is standing a long way back to receive serve, so Dimitrov is intent in serving as wide as he can on the first, looking to ace Nadal on the angle.