Television will never be able to reproduce this quality of the live game — the thin sizzling sound of an underspin backhand that actually sets the summer air vibrating. |
When most major tournaments were played on grass, for instance, there was a distinct advantage to a powerful serve-and-volley game and short, controlled, underspin ground strokes that kept the ball low. |
At one point, López, after trading a series of hammering topspin crosscourt forehands with Ferrero, suddenly changed it up with an underspin backhand. |
Mirnyi played a lethal chip-and-charge game, lasering low-skimming underspin returns and then following them up to the net. |
Drop shot against shots that do not have heavy topspin or heavy underspin. |