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What is a baseliner?

What is a baseliner? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (tennis) A player who plays from the baseline, seldom moving to the net.
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Agassi is the buffed baseliner and Sampras the athletic serve-and-volleyer.
A baseliner with a decent serve and raking forehand, he reckons playing on clay could be a leveller when it comes to causing a shock against the Scot.
But the five-time Wimbledon champion, in reality, was a natural baseliner who consciously adapted to the serve-and-volley style to win on grass.
I think there are fewer and fewer serve and volleyers around now so sooner or later you are going to see a baseliner win Wimbledon.
Rusedki further said that with his offensive baseliner, powerful first serve and solid groundstrokes, Del Potro was in strong consideration for his first Slam title.
An aggressive baseliner, Verdasco's powerful forehand and ability to make the ball swing could pose Murray some problems but the Spaniard will be up against it.

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