Tennis world en n 49 Tennis World issue 49 | Page 34

Best Serve
and Volley
players in
the last
decade
Akshay
The serve and volley is a
long lost art in the modern
tennis. The evolution of
racquets along with the
increasing physical strength
in tennis led to the dawn of
the counterpunching era.
Players were becoming
quicker and the returns that
were once just a defensive
shot were now being fired
back, making the task of
coming quickly to the net a
daunting one. However,
there still are players who
come at the net much more
often than others and find
this game style comfortable.
We have a look at players
who inculcated the serve
and volley game style often
in the last decade.
Americans usually are good
from the front part of the
court and Dent with made
the most of it his monstrous
serves. He wasn’t only
reliable on his first serve
with his high kick serves
usually bouncing near the
shoulders, giving him an
easy volley to finish.
Taylor Dent:
Unusual for a contemporary
tennis player, Dent favored a
pure serve-and-volley style
of play with his fastest serve
recorded at an astounding
243 km/h. A really strong
serve usually meant an easy
return for Dent as he dented Radek Stepanek
The Czech is one of the
prominent serve and volley
player left at present with his
unconventional style working
extremely well for him. His
anticipation skill along with
his ability to not let an
opponent hit an easy winner
makes him a very effect
serve and volley player.
a number of his opponents. Well placed serves with an