Japan's Junri Namigata serves the ball during her singles match against Spain's Sara Sorribes Tormo during the Wimbledon Tennis Championships qualifying rounds at the Bank of England Sports Centre in Roehampton, southwest London, Britain June 23, 2015. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
LONDON (Reuters) - The yellowing obituaries are looking premature as serve-and-volley tennis creeps, with a few tweaks, towards a renaissance of sorts.
A number of top men are leading the charge and, in a curious twist, the same blend of technology and lung-busting fitness blamed for all-but killing off this style of play is behind its resurgence.
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