King played a predominantly baseline game, shifting Riggs around the court before clinching a memorable 6-4 6-3 6-3 victory.
Evert was a righty with a baseline game anchored by her two-handed backhand.
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Hs patient baseline game helped earn him the first set point at 5-4, only for Gulbis to fire a huge ace out wide.
But Nalbandian demonstrated a baseline game with the kind of power off both sides that very few can match, and a forehand that bears comparison with that of Juan Carlos Ferrero.
As soon as new matches are consecrated, they're replaced. (How quickly Sunday's thriller vaporized Djokovic's five-set semi over Murray and Nadal's four-setter over Federer, not to mention Victoria Azarenka's 6-3, 6-0 rout of Maria Sharapova in the women's final.) The torrent of great tennis has undermined the old fear that the game would unravel with new technology, that it would become a tedious game of baseline heavy hitting.
After firing long with an overhead from the baseline to concede the double-break in game four, Garcia-Lopez vented his frustration by smashing the ball high into the air.
And the same patient baseline approach drew another break of serve in game four of the third set, before the match was wrapped up when Youzhny put a forehand long.
Murray then made the breakthrough in the following game as he again got the better of a long baseline exchange before serving out the set with ease.
The Great Britain player had a chance of his first break in the match in game six, but Berankis showed good form from the baseline and the chance was gone when Ward put a forehand return wide.
The Hoosiers won the 1987 championship game, 74-73, on Keith Smart's baseline jumper with 4 seconds left.
She blew an easy overhead to lose the first game of her final set, then swept the last six games thanks to relentless baseline play that wore Cornet down.
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