How to Use baseliner in a Sentence

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• Nadal is the swashbuckling baseliner with the heavy topspin groundstrokes and a take-no-points-off tenacity.
  — Jason Gay, WSJ, 11 July 2019
• Cahill coached Lleyton Hewitt when the feisty baseliner and Federer were climbing the ranks together.
  — Ravi Ubha, CNN, 27 June 2019
• Goffin is a heavy-hitting baseliner and suave mover capable of smart point construction.
  — Vanja Lakic, SI.com, 29 June 2019
• Young described Kovacevic as a tenacious baseliner who possesses a great forehand and can create all sorts of angles.
  — Brett Christie, chicagotribune.com, 25 May 2017
• Pavlyuchenkova, a powerful 25-year-old Russian baseliner trying to reach her first semifinal, pushed her hard throughout, but Williams was the more aggressive and reliable force.
  — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2017
• Additionally, hard-charging serve-and-volley players want a shoe that has a durable toecap while power baseliners will want as much lateral support as possible and a durable sole.
  — Stanley Kay, SI.com, 8 Aug. 2017
• But the dramatic focus is less on the realization of her carefully cultivated potential than on the way adults project their own disappointments and desires onto this feisty young baseliner.
  — Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 29 June 2018
• In successfully slowing down the rallies, Federer was able to combat Čilić’s heavy hitting with slice and spin, taking advantage of the already damp conditions, which helped keep the pace favorable against an aggressive, offensive baseliner.
  — Arnav Adhikari, The Atlantic, 17 July 2017
• Usually a dominant baseliner who goes for broke at opportune times, Stephens looked depleted of energy and inspiration in windy conditions, committing copious unforced errors and failing to move her feet.
  — Vanja Lakic, SI.com, 5 June 2019

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