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While reading a story about the U.S. Open in The New York Times recently, I came upon the assertion that tennis’ one-handed backhand was nearly extinct and the tactical serve-and-volley offense was dead. It brought me up short. Not that I was surprised—anyone who watches Grand Slam tennis on TV has seen it coming.
It’s just that there is a finality in newsprint, as there is in gravestone granite. White tennis balls are long gone, displaced by the debut of “optic yellow” ones at the U.S. Open in 1973.
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