Tennis Serves According to Guinness

An accomplished lawyer in California, now retired Clifford Bernard Malone, Jr., had maintained a private practice in Walnut Creek since 1975. As an attorney, he had focused on a wide range of legal matters, from personal injury cases to federal pension law. Beyond his extensive legal work, Clifford Bernard Malone, Jr., enjoys playing tennis in his free time.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the fastest tennis serve of all time belongs to Australian Samuel Groth. Known for his serve, Groth delivered a massive serve at a challenger event in 2012, clocking in at just under 164 miles per hour. That said, Groth’s record serve is not recognized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). While Groth’s serve took place under ATP-approved conditions and all technology appeared to be operating within normal ranges, challenger events lack the resources of major tournaments and are viewed as less reliable in terms of service data.

On the ATP tour, the fastest serve belongs to American John Isner. Also regarded for his big serve, Isner made a serve at 157.2 miles per hour during a 2016 Davis Cup match against Australia’s Bernard Tomic. Interestingly, Isner also defeated Groth during the tie as America upset the Australian team.

Meanwhile, the record for fastest serve on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tour belongs to Sabien Lisicki. The German player delivered a serve at 131 miles per hour at the 2014 Stanford Classic in a match against Ana Ivanovic.

Fine-Tuning the Approach Shot in Golf

Based in Northern California, Clifford Bernard Malone Jr. is retired from a career as an attorney and legal consultant. Having been active with Diablo Country Club for many years, past lawyer Clifford Bernard Malone Jr. enjoys tennis and golf in his free time.

One aspect of golf that requires careful calibration is the approach shot. In many cases, sand traps and water hazards need to be navigated in order to get the ball on the green. While some shots are within chipping distance, the average approach shot is about 100 to 200 feet from the hole.

One tip is not to worry too much about getting the ball at exactly the right position on the green. It’s far more important to avoid hazards, as one would likely prefer facing a long putt or two than be stuck hacking the ball out of sand on an incline. When in doubt, pick a higher number iron and go a little longer than you otherwise would, as overshooting the target is not the worst result.

Sometimes shorter shots can be the trickiest, as you need to hold back and add backspin if possible. When the distance is within 85 to 120 feet, try combining a regular iron with an easy or shortened swing. At about 30 feet, a sand wedge may come into play.

Criminal Defense Strategies

An experienced attorney based in California, Clifford Bernard Malone Jr holds a JD and a BA. Retired, he had served as a lawyer at his own private law offices in Walnut Creek. Clifford Bernard Malone Jr specialized in a wide range of law practices such as wills, trusts, real estate, construction, and criminal defense.

For a person to be declared guilty in the United States, the jury must find him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. In this way, one of the most simple defense strategies a lawyer can employ is to create reasonable doubt. This means that they can challenge and counter the argument of the prosecution. Lawyers can do that by questioning the credibility of the witnesses brought to the stand by the prosecution. The goal is to demonstrate bias and question the plausibility of the prosecution’s argument.

Alibi evidence defense can also be used in criminal charges. A person cannot be declared guilty if they can demonstrate that when the crime was committed, they were in fact somewhere else. This defense can be used when the person accused of a crime wants to deny all charges and declare themselves innocent.

The Real Origins of Tennis

Clifford Bernard Malone Jr. is an experienced lawyer from the state of California. Amongst a range of other sports, Clifford Bernard Malone Jr. frequently plays tennis for leisure and exercise.

Tennis is sometimes called “royal tennis” in Great Britain and Australia but is more commonly called court tennis in the US. The game which is enjoyed today can be traced back to the late 1800s when Welsh-born Major Walter Wingfield invented “Sphairistikè”, which translates from Greek as “playing ball.” The game was wildly popular in Europe, Australia, and China, but it wasn’t the first time the world had seen a game like this. As far back as the 1500s, wooden rackets with gut strings were being used by English kings like Henry VIII to play a game somewhat like the modern game - although it was played exclusively indoors due to the cork ball not being bouncy enough to play on grass.

But it goes back even further than that: monks in French cloisters would play “paume” (literally “palm”) where they would hit a ball back and forth between themselves with their palms. Some historians claim that tennis is older even than that, with the word “racket” coming from the old Arabic word for palm (“rahet”) making tennis Egpytian in origin and likely more than a thousand years old. There is very little descriptive evidence for this idea however, making those French cloisters the rightfully named origin of tennis.