He smiled when he let rip a top-spin backhand, and he even smiled when he netted a volley.
He held on until 3-3 but with Nadal pulling him wide with his top-spin forehand, he succumbed and dropped the set.
Addressing the tennis ball as if playing a golf shot, McIlroy tried surprise tactics on Sharapova by quickly starting a rally with a top-spin forehand.
It did not affect South Africa's momentum, however, and Boucher had a century there for the taking when he tried to slog-sweep Sehwag's off-spin and top-edged a catch to slip.
I've had three world-class, top-level performances on the spin and I'm going in against Kessler with that in the bank.
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Newton top scored with 60 and spin bowler Birch claimed 4-22 as they came out on top by 99 runs in the second match in Colombo.
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Medium-pacer Martin-Jenkins trapped Dinesh Karthik lbw and saw Gautam Gambhir top-edge an attempted cut to backward point, while Michael Yardy's left-arm spin removed Kumble and Sreesanth with successive balls in the first over after lunch to leave India in disarray.
Research by the USGA has shown that U-shaped grooves allow top players to generate much more spin when playing the ball out of the rough, making the ball come to a quick stop on the green.
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The 2006 sequel, Top Spin 2, the first of the series published by Take-Two Interactive subsidiary 2K Sports, may have be the best tennis video game ever made.
The board said it met Saturday to consider various ideas that had been floating around in recent weeks, including a change in top leadership and a break-up or reorganization of the firm beyond the spin-off of Discover card services, which it is already studying.
Practice enough with your slice or your top spin shots and you will find yourself effortlessly painting the lines and leaving your opponent wrong-footed and stumbling.
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