PARIS - 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 ...

"I was just trying to mix it up. At one point, I felt like I couldn't go through him, so I tried to bring him to the net and risk it with the drop shot, serve and volley. It had to be done.

There was side-to-side scrambling that looked like it would never end. Until Pegula decided it should. With a disguised drop shot that barely cleared the net, she finally stopped the madness -- ...

"I was just trying to mix it up. At one point, I felt like I couldn't go through him, so I tried to bring him to the net and risk it with the drop shot, serve and volley. It had to be done.

Djokovic hit a forehand deep, and then the two began to trade groundstrokes before Djokovic drew Sinner in to the net with a drop shot. Sinner chased it down, and Djokovic ran his opponent around ...

Pegula with a drop shot, her ninth drop shot winner to Boisson's one, and then a horrible miscue soars high into the Paris sky. 0-30, but she roars back to 30-all as Pegula pushes a lob long.

That's partly due to Pegula's power off the ground: the secret sauce of the drop shot is being able to keep opponents guessing about what they have to defend against. Imagine if there were a ...