Sentence examples for to backhand from inspiring English sources

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to backhand

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A stroke made across the chest from the off-hand side to the racquet hand side; a stroke during which the back of the hand faces the shot.

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The pair trade blows from the back of the court, backhand to backhand to backhand.

They go backhand to backhand to backhand, and Murray blinks, hitting tiredly into the net.

Volstad had reached base after Reyes failed to backhand his ground ball.

Zeile tried to backhand the ball, but it deflected off his glove.

Federer strolled around the baseline practising serves, then moved on to backhand returns.

"I've thought I might have to backhand it and go behind my back," Murphy said.

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He beat Salo between his legs with a nifty forehand-to-backhand-to-forehand move off the left post.

Williams dominated the bruising Ad court backhand-to-backhand exchanges, with 71 percent (15/21) of Azarenka's backhand errors coming directly from a Williams backhand.

Lisicki saved this as well, winning a backhand-to-backhand exchange when Bartoli sent a ball into the top of the net.

He made a nifty forehand-to-backhand move to give Philadelphia a 1-0 lead 8 minutes 33 seconds into the game.

But Murray battled, and a few deuces later he won a backhand-to-backhand rally to finally convert on an opportunity, putting himself up a break at 4-2.

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