Grass season has already begun, despite Roland Garros still raging on, and with that has come the leaping volleys. At the ATP Challenger in Manchester, a couple of soaring rock stars took over the entertainment rating up to the Grand Slam level.

Liam Broady went for broke with a dive against Sam Groth, but eventually lost the match, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.

WATCH: Grass proves perfect place for diving volleys

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Sergiy Stakhovsky didn’t win the point with his own flying volley. However, he did win the match against Marinko Matosevic, 7-5, 7-6 (6).

WATCH: Grass proves perfect place for diving volleys

Also in Manchester, Dustin Brown went for the belly flop against No. 2 seed Rajeev Ram.

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WATCH: Grass proves perfect place for diving volleys

That winning shot wasn't enough fun for Brown. In the second-set tiebreak at two-all, he did one better with a stunning tweener. The German won the match, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3).

WATCH: Grass proves perfect place for diving volleys

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It's the most wonderful time of the year for diving.