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- noun Plural form of
volleyer .
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Examples
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: The list of pretty volleyers is long: Stefan Edberg, Martina Navratilova, John McEnroe and Tony Roche, to name a few.
The Sweetest Strokes 2010
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"He's one of the best volleyers in the world now," Mr. McEnroe said.
Yes, It's True 2010
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There are very few out-and-out volleyers left, at least not in the tradition of Rod Laver and John McEnroe.
Wimbledon 2010: Rafael Nadal claims title with win over Tomas Berdych 2010
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Ten years ago there were a lot more serve and volleyers.
USATODAY.com - Notebook: Navratilova out of Wimbledon doubles, won't add to 20 titles 2006
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Both are superior volleyers, and Navratilova, who is playing her final year on tour after coming out of retirement five years ago, wanted a final shot at the Olympics this summer in Athens, Greece.
USATODAY.com - Raymond doesn't love everybody labeling her 2004
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The objective for all of us must be the restoration of variety in the playing styles of professional players so that baseliners, serve-volleyers and all-court players have an equal chance.
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Most notable, clearly, is the form of Meireles, scorer of his fifth goal in six games and emerging as one of the finest volleyers of the ball in the Premier League.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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His groundstrokes are too powerful, they would keep the "serve and volleyers" pinned to the baseline and out of their comfort zone.
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It's amazing to me that Djokovic and co. arent better volleyers.
Tennis-X.com :: Xtreme Tennis News contact@tennis-x.com 2010
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I'd put him in the top four or five volleyers in the world, yet we never see it.
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