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2. Fastest recorded tennis serves - Wikipedia

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   This article lists the fastest record serve speeds for men's and women's professional tennis. The fastest recorded serve is by Sam Groth , at 263.4 km/h (163.7 mph) at a Challenger event. [ 1 ] The fastest recorded serve at an ATP event was by John Isner , at 253.0 km/h (157.0 mph) in the first round of the 2016 Davis Cup .

3. List of world records in athletics - Wikipedia

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   In 2000, IAAF rule 260.18a (formerly 260.6a) was amended, so that "world records" (as opposed to "indoor world records") can be set in a facility "with or without roof". This rule was not applied retroactively, [7] and has, thus far, only affected the men's and women's pole vault, women's 2,000 m and women's triple jump. The women's vault ...

4. Roscoe Tanner - Wikipedia

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   Tanner's unorthodox but very strong left-handed serve was tossed very low and struck with a lunge involving the whole body, earning him the nickname "The Rocket". [5] His booming 153 mph serve was the fastest ever recorded in tournament competition from February 1978 [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] until Andy Roddick posted a 155 mph serve [ 8 ] in a Davis ...

5. Serve-and-volley - Wikipedia

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   Although tennis greats such as Bill Tilden, Ellsworth Vines, and Don Budge were noted for their fine serves and net games, they did not play a 100% serve-and-volley style game. Jack Kramer in the late 1940s was the first great player to consistently come to the net after every serve, including his second serve.

6. Volley (tennis) - Wikipedia

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   A volley in tennis is a shot where the ball is struck before it bounces on the ground. Typically, a player hits a volley while standing near the net, though it can be executed further back, in the middle of the tennis court, or even near the baseline. The word derives from M. French volée meaning flight.

7. Hawaii men's volleyball opens 2024 season ranked No. 3

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   Jan. 3—Two-time defending Big West champion Hawaii opens the season tonight against Loyola-Chicago ranked No. 3 in the first AVCA/NVA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Poll released today.

8. This Pro Volleyball Player Is Learning a Whole New Position ...

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   Volleyball star Matt Anderson, 37, has set, spiked, and jumped in courts over the world, playing on foreign pro teams for more than a decade. However, nothing quite beats the feeling of returning ...

9. FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship - Wikipedia

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   Today, the World Championship is the most comprehensive of all events organized by the FIVB, and arguably the most important, alongside the Olympic Games. [ 2 ] Until 1974, the host nation of the tournament organized both the men's and the women's events, with the single exception of the 1966/1967 games, which took place in different years.