Lob/lob/lob/drop shot combination: Try lobbing your opponent a few times in a row. One, you’ll frustrate them because you’re not hitting like a tennis player!

The drop shot, the back hand slice and the topspin lob were on display for the tennis fans at this year’s French Open. And she did not play them all in just one match.

The name “drop shot” can confuse people who want to learn how to hit one. “The one thing nobody ever understands is that the ball needs to go up off the racquet,” Rolley says.

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 ...

Instead of going for a deep shot, try to drop shot right back. It’ll throw your opponent off and likely put you in a great position for the next shot, or even win you the point outright.

Gael Monfils, Halle 2013 Monfils has shown an affinity for trick shots, and this one was possibly his best yet. The Frenchman let a shot from Tommy Haas drop in through his legs before spinning ...

Every year since, the drop shot’s use seems increasingly part of the game. “There are players that use it out of desperation,” Grigor Dimitrov, the Bulgarian ATP Tour veteran, said last week.

. 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.

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 ...