If you think net play is extinct, you probably haven't watched Nicholas Monroe play.
The 33-year-old American doubles specialist pulled off an astounding series of volleys at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships turning set point into sensational point.
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Watch Monroe get caught poaching, adjust to a ball hit behind him, pull off a 360-degree spin like Spiderman, and eventually win the point with an exquisite angled drop volley.
Monroe, pulling off moves reminiscent of a young Earl Monroe, and partner Mate Pavic won the match to advance to the Newport semifinals.
Photo credit: International Tennis Hall of Fame