Definition of serve-and-volley in US English:
serve-and-volley
adjectiveˌsərvənˈvälēˌsərvənˈvɑli
Tennis attributive Denoting a style of play in which the server moves close to the net after serving, ready to play an attacking volley off the return.
Example sentencesExamples
- But the five-time Wimbledon champion, in reality, was a natural baseliner who consciously adapted to the serve-and-volley style to win on grass.
- But newer rackets have given enough of an advantage to the return of serve that virtually no one plays the serve-and-volley game anymore.
- Her serve-and-volley game made an immediate impression.
- He played a masterful grass-court match against Agassi, mixing his acrobatic serve-and-volley game with off-speed shots.
- One of the saddest inevitabilities in tennis is that in a few years, coaches will look at tapes of this pure and agile serve-and-volley player and realise they've made such an art extinct.