Yet another thread on hitting at someone

[mhj202]

Originally Posted by gmatheis

How did he not just volley that back?

+1. Especially since he knew you were coming back crosscourt.

[dizzlmcwizzl]

Originally Posted by mhj202

+1. Especially since he knew you were coming back crosscourt.

My best guess is that he knew I was going to hit it at him the first chance I got. When he saw the short ball he knew where I was going and ducked.

[corbind]

Originally Posted by dizzlmcwizzl

I am probably about a foot inside from the alley for this shot. The server has excellent groundies and had burned me down the line a couple times before this so I had adjusted towards the alley.

Usually I poach aggressively and he was trying to get me to stay home ... it was a swinging volley so it was a tough shot. I did not take it as being malicious at all.

Where was the server when he hit the swinging volley? I'm on edge because you have a foot in the alley so his "passing" shot is a horrible percentage shot. There must have been a gaping hole elsewhere in the middle or cross court?