Sentence examples for serves especially from inspiring English sources

PAGE B1 SPORTS IN TICS AND IDIOSYNCRASIES, Top Players Find Their Zen Novak Djokovic often bounces the tennis ball for gratingly long stretches before he serves, especially before big points.

That is particularly so given the remarks of the President he serves, especially those about, say, denying basic rights, such as the freedom to worship, to people whose families' ancestries extend to every part of the globe.

Ophüls is a liberal ironist whose challenging investigation of the historical record and present-day attitudes serves, especially, to undercut certainties, to foster a constructive skepticism regarding ideological verities and formulaic affirmations.

But underhand serves, especially when they are perceived to provide a performance advantage, are ethically questionable, perceived as deceitful trickery, and, in a word, underhanded.

Tursunov had no answer for Karlovic's serve, especially his first serve.

His return of serve, especially on the backhand side, is spectacular.

Tipsarevic used his superior movement to thwart Baker, who struggled to return his serve, especially his accurate, deceptive second delivery.

Standing feet behind the baseline, Sharapova has been more effective than usual against the Williams serve, especially the second.

Then again, there was very little Bartoli could do with Serena's serve, especially a 113-m.p.h.

She has improved her serve, especially the second serve, and that was demonstrated all too clearly on Monday with a string of second serve aces.

Nadal mainly stood way back in the court to return serve, especially in the deuce court where he is most vulnerable to the wide serve to his backhand.