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Baseliner meaning
A player who plays from the baseline, seldom moving to the net.
Example sentences (4)
The scrappy baseliner was genuinely delighted when he was placed next to Federer’s line in the draw.
The rivalry between Navratilova, an aggressive serve-and-volleyer, and the baseliner Evert “gave a lot of people an interest in who to cheer for,” said Shriver, a former top-ranked doubles player who is now an ESPN broadcaster.
Although he is known primarily as a baseliner, Hewitt is a skilled volleyer and is known for having one of the best overhead smashes in the game.
No other baseliner would triumph at Wimbledon until Lleyton Hewitt ten years later.