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  1. In the years before Jimmy turned pro,
  2. tennis was dominated by "serve-and-
  3. volley" players. That term describes
  4. aggressive players who try to end points
  5. quickly by serving and then charging the
  6. net to volley. But Jimmy changed the way
  7. people thought the game should be
  8. played. Using both his forehand and
  9. two-handed backhand, Jimmy proved
  10. that players could win by rallying from
  11. the backcourt. 
  12.  
  13. Today, serve-and-volley players, like
  14. Boris Becker of Germany and Pete
  15. Sampras of the United States, are
  16. changing tennis back to the pre-Connors
  17. days. 
  18.  
  19.