1.  All too often you pitch the ball short, catch the slope and finish back on the lower layer.

2.  He threw the ball short.

3.  You see the difference there was Thomson pulled for a short ball there and he was ignored.

4.  Although Serena was able to muscle the blast back, Venus Williams took the short ball and zipped it across the net at an unreturnable angle.

5.  A short square ball to Javier Lozano was followed by a pass to Salvador Carmona on the right wing.

6.  But on match point, Davenport had to race forward for a short ball but could not do anything with it.

7.  Cleveland was content to let Glenn catch the short ball on the sideline, and New England was happy to take it.

8.  First, she hit a short ball from Davenport over the baseline.

9.  In the fifth game of the third set, Sampras sprayed two easy short balls with wild forehands on two consecutive break points to let Gaudenzi off the hook.

10.  On short balls, she hit long.