How to Use ground stroke in a Sentence

ground stroke

noun

• Fręch, a steady but not powerful hitter, gave Gauff time to set her feet on her ground strokes.
  — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2025
• Her famously forceful ground strokes were painting the lines.
  — Rob Haskell, Vogue, 18 May 2026
• Alcaraz plays with more variety—bruising ground strokes, feathery drop shots.
  — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
• Over the years, his brush strokes have become as admired in sports as Roger Federer’s ground strokes.
  — Zach Schonbrun, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2017
• The two players exchanged ground stroke after ground stroke, the pace of the ball accelerating as the point went on.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
• The end result can also increase the number of steps to a lateral target - like ground strokes in tennis.
  — NOLA.com, 23 Mar. 2018
• Sock worked Beasley’s two-handed backhand, and Naveen struggled to keep his ground strokes and backhand blocks in the court.
  — Todd Boss, Forbes, 4 May 2023
• But Sorey turned the baseline battle back around and won the final six games with an array of strong serves, piercing ground strokes and deft drop shots.
  — Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2023
• But then Eala, who won the junior title here three years ago, started nailing her ground strokes and Tauson went off the boil.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
• His ground strokes were perfectly calibrated, his serve devastating, his drop shot dying on the bounce.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2020
• Williams cut down on her mistakes and drilled one ground stroke after another deep in the court, pushing Anett Kontaveit back on her heels.
  — Brandon Griggs, CNN, 31 Aug. 2022
• From a young age, Sinner and Alcaraz learned to hit ground strokes that dipped and drove, as Nadal’s did, with clear margins and heavy with spin.
  — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 29 June 2025
• Aided by Guadagnino cranking up the racquet-on-ball sound effects to nerve-jangling levels, their ground strokes have power.
  — Joe Reid, Vulture, 1 May 2024
• Their ground strokes are beyond what only yesterday was considered powerful.
  — Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2024
• Buckner’s ground strokes looked as powerful as Waters’ strokes, which is saying something for the hardest hitter on tour.
  — Todd Boss, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
• The preparation showed as her ground strokes were precise from the start, while unseeded Bilokin was prone to unforced errors throughout the one-sided first set.
  — Craig Davis, Sun-Sentinel.com, 11 Dec. 2017
• With a mix of slice and chips, lobs and bunts, whippy half-volleys and wristy crosscourt ground strokes off both wings, Hsieh pushed Kerber to the extremes and unsettled her rhythm.
  — John Pye, The Seattle Times, 21 Jan. 2018
• When the final began, Krejčíková used her stronger serve and faster ground strokes to put Paolini on the defensive immediately.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 13 July 2024
• The influence of King has been so profound and lasting that even the younger generations understand her imprint extends far beyond ground strokes.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2023
• Pegula has superb timing and consistency on her ground strokes, serious court smarts, and an inextinguishable competitive fire.
  — Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2023
• Svitolina, seeded eighth here at Wimbledon and playing in her first grand slam semifinal, put up more of a fight in the second set but was powerless against the Romanian's thundering ground strokes.
  — Matias Grez, CNN, 11 July 2019
• Starting the match with a series of high, looping ground strokes that targeted Muchova's backhand and helped negate the effectiveness of her slice, Gauff seemed to possess both calm and clarity about her gameplay.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
• But Sabalenka took control of her service games early and consistently, dictating from the center of the baseline, her ground strokes getting on to Zheng suddenly, sharply, concussing her racquet head.
  — Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2024
• Mixing up his drop shot with concussive ground strokes, Alcaraz survived an upper right leg injury that required a medical timeout and a bout of vomiting in the third set to advance to his first Australian Open final.
  — Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
• Raducanu is known for her aggressive baseline play, clean ball striking, powerful ground strokes, and fast, accurate serves, as well as her ability to anticipate her opponents’ shots, position herself adeptly, and apply pressure in return games.
  — Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Apr. 2026
• But the consistency of his ground strokes, and particularly his one-handed backhand, just wasn’t there against higher-level competition and held him back from competing regularly on the ATP Tour.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 8 July 2023