常時英心:言葉の森から 1.0

約10年間,はてなダイアリーで英語表現の落穂拾いを行ってきました。現在はAmeba Blogに2.0を開設し,継続中です。こちらはしばらくアーカイブとして維持します。

short ball

古い素材ですが,ここのshort ballとはどのような意味なのでしょうか.Bookmarkさん,どうぞ.(Kawada)

Tennis: Nishikori stuns Djokovic in US Open semifinals

"Other than that second set, my game today was not even close to what I wanted it to be," Djokovic said. "A lot of unforced errors, a lot of short balls."

Chang, the New Jersey-born son of Taiwanese immigrants, knows a thing or two about groundbreaking victories. At age 17, he became the youngest man to win a Grand Slam title when he upset Ivan Lendl and Stefan Edberg (now Federer's coach) at Roland Garros.

A severely infected right big toe forced Nishikori to miss tuneup events before the U.S. Open, and he feared that his lack of conditioning would make for a short stay at Flushing Meadows. Instead, he keeps sticking around - on the court and in the tournament.

"I guess I love to play long matches," he said with a grin.

http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20140907p2g00m0sp001000c.html