Oh, the drop shot. The most double-edged shot there is in tennis. On one hand, the player executing it is over the moon, and on the other, the player running to save the point is cursing in no fewer ...

The world’s No. 3 player takes a break from pounding two-handed backhands to hit a delicate one-handed drop shot. 1.Players who hit two-handed backhands usually don’t find the one-handed backhand drop ...

PARIS, June 4 (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic hit a barrage of drop shots to beat Alexander Zverev for a place in the French Open semi-finals on Wednesday and the Serbian said his hand was forced by windy ...

PARIS, May 29 (Reuters) - Third seed Alexander Zverev had to chase down dozens of drop shots from sprightly Dutchman Jesper de Jong before earning a 3-6 6-1 6-2 6-3 victory on Thursday to advance to ...

Two weeks ago, Uruguayan tennis player Pablo Cuevas announced his retirement. When it came, tennis fans the world over dipped into their memory banks in admiration of the modern master of the trick ...

If a player hits a running trick shot to save a break point, but later gets broken off three unforced errors and a double fault, is it good tennis? For Carlos Alcaraz, definitely. He delivered a ...

Up a set but facing break point early in the second set of her Mubadala Abu Dhabi opener, Marta Kostyuk pulled off a Houdini escape. The Ukrainian was being run from side to side by Sorana Cirstea's ...