Volleyer

The 29-year-old serve-and-volleyer is part of a dying breed, and while he's seeded ninth, his style of play lends itself to success on grass, not clay. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Borg is the cool Swedish baseliner, McEnroe the tempestuous New Yorker and fearless volleyer. ❋ Aditi Kinkhabwala (2011)

A pedant might take issue with his early inability to take the half-chances he was offered and a better volleyer than Tsonga might have caused more angst in pale evening sunshine. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She has always, as described by the es-sayist Frank Deford, "" been the other, the odd one, alone: left-hander in a right-handed universe, gay in a straight world; defector, immigrant, the (last?) gallant volleyer among all those duplicate baseline bytes ... she was the European among Americans; she leaves as the American among Europeans -- and the only grown-up left in the tennis crib. '' ❋ Unknown (2008)

Ancic has a huge serve and is a good volleyer but has a suspect ground game. ❋ Ron Buckmire (2008)

One of tennis 'best athletes and a great volleyer, Rafter found it almost impossible to get a passing shot by Sampras - partially because his serve never put the American under pressure. ❋ Unknown (2000)

He is a brilliant volleyer, cutting off at sharp angles the hardest drives. ❋ Unknown (1921)

Let this be a constant reminder to you of the fact that all ground strokes should have a clear margin of safety of some 8 inches to a foot above the net, except when attempting to pass a very active volleyer. ❋ Unknown (1921)

I mean that a volleyer must always cover the straight passing shot since it is the shortest shot with which to pass him, and he must volley straight to his opening and not waste time trying freakish curving volleys that give the baseliner time to recover. ❋ Unknown (1921)

Kumagae's game is very effective against Murray, because Murray, essentially a volleyer, could not exchange ground strokes with the Japanese star player successfully, and could not stand the terrific pace of rushing the net at every opportunity. ❋ Unknown (1921)

He is not yet a good low volleyer, and never will be while he uses the peculiar grip common to his people; but his high volleying and overhead are now excellent. ❋ Unknown (1921)

The greatest half volleyer of the past decade -- in fact, one of the greatest tennis geniuses of the world -- George Caridia, used the stroke successfully as a point winner. ❋ Unknown (1921)

Both men are excellent tennis players of the true English school: fine base-line drivers, but subject to defeat by any aggressive volleyer. ❋ Unknown (1921)

He will be a volleyer who can safely advance to the net, yet his attack will be based on a ground game. ❋ Unknown (1921)

He is the greatest natural volleyer I have ever seen. ❋ Unknown (1921)

• Um, when did Maria Kirilenko turn into the best volleyer in the women's game? ❋ Unknown (2011)

"Mardy Fish is probably the only genuine serve and volleyer in the top 10 which highlights how difficult it is to play that way and get to the top and particularly break into the top four." ❋ Chris Jones (2011)

[67] Nadal is primarily a baseliner and seldom volleys but when he does come to the net he is a capable volleyer. ❋ Unknown (2010)

his no [setter] his a volleyer. ❋ Vbfan (2005)

“[I tell you what], [that cat] is proper [volleyable]” ❋ Jsambrook97 (2020)