Drop shot and lob combination: If executed well, this is a winning combination for many reasons. It brings your opponent into the net and pushes them back for a difficult overhead or defensive lob.

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Your lob, when used effectively, will push them back from the net, thus opening up passing shot lanes in front of them. You’ll also force them to adjust their movements in three directions, left ...

The drop shot—a slight gesture, really, better described as a “ploy” than a “stroke”—has often been maligned as cowardly. Roger Federer (ver. 1.2) once dismissed it as a “panic” shot.

Mixing in more drop shots would force the competition to defend shots in front of the baseline — no more camping out at a distance. Federer went on to win seven major titles after Higueras’s ...

Winning points on your drop shot, like with other shots and anything you do in life, does not take place by wishing it so. You must pay the price—practice, work, determination, and say I WILL DO IT!

. After Tauson hit a drop-shot lob that looked like a clear winner, Muchova came up with something even better -- a tweener-lob that landed perfectly. It wasn’t enough to turn the match in her favor.

Hit with lots of backslice and a soft touch, the drop shot can be a well-masked weapon in tennis but Alexander Bublik's staggering 37 attempts in Monday's French Open fourth round win over Jack ...

The drop shot was used to great effect by Anastasija Sevastova in her victory over Maria Sharapova. Sevastova could not match the power of Sharapova and had only eight winners on groundstrokes ...

PARIS — There are only so many shots in tennis. And like tie widths and hemlines, they come in and out of fashion. But at the top ranks of the sport, the drop shot is having a moment, thanks in ...

Moutet was serving up 3-2 in the third set and toyed with Comesana a bit. First, Moutet drew Comesana in to the net with a drop shot. He followed with a lob that sent Comesana back to the baseline.