Sentence examples for tentative serving from inspiring English sources

Williams won in straight sets, but her tentative serving and footwork bore little resemblance to her customarily explosive play.

Sharapova started with two double faults, then Pennetta pounced on her next two tentative serves.

Right now, her mental state on big points is shaky, and her tentative serve has yet to improve in recent years.

Some are new and tentative, and serve to focus on what better data of the same kinds could be obtained with present instruments.

Randy L. Levine, who recently resigned as deputy mayor and is still close to Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, was said to be pulling out of a tentative agreement to serve as Mr. Levy's chief negotiator in planned contract talks with the union.

Eight years have passed to find a 29-year-old veteran whose tentative play – and serve – against Ferrer was the continuation of a season in which mind and body have told him the clock now ticks on his career.

Hence, hypotheses differ fundamentally from theories; whereas the former is a specific tentative explanation and serves as the main tool by which scientists gather data, the latter is a broad general explanation that incorporates data from many different scientific investigations undertaken to explore hypotheses.

Venus is tentative on her serve after those errors.

For all her awkwardness and tentative perseverance, she served as a moral litmus test for many key characters: Colt couldn't bring himself to kill her, nor could Ava.

Moore went on the defensive, her serve became tentative, safety first aimed at getting it in and it was going down at 72mph.

There were questions about her lack of power, her serve, her tentative play in big moments, her negative attitude on court.