BASELINE TENNIS.
PLAY IN WOMEN'S SINGLES. When playing in tenuis women usually confine their efforts to the baseline. Mile. Lenglen, probably the best woman player who lias over lived, relied almost solely on base-line plav in singles, although she had a wonderful command of the volley Men's singles, on the contrary, do not usually provido long rallies, arid tlio higher ono goes tho more is this fact noticeable. \V. T. Tilden onto said ho did not believe a woman could successfully plav tho net in a single. In his opinion steadiness, accuracy and placement, rather than speed, were tho basis of a successful women's game. I hero is no doubt very few women players have the necessary speed of foot, the reach, or tho stamina, to stand tho strain of a net attack throughout a closely-fought singles match. A woman, of course, must learn to volley, and should advance to tho net whenever sho has driven her opponent into a disadvantageous position.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20115, 28 November 1928, Page 16
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